If true...."MANY" from the factory with weep holes...that is news to me.

Are you talking about Crescent quality guns? Maybe I've been living in Lefever land too long, so Im only used to guns made properly. Sneider certainly didn't either, nor Syracuse, to my kmowledge.

I'm quite curious...please tell WHICH makers of FINE American doubles sent guns out the door with weep holes in the rib...as ORIGINALLY constructed?

Again, not doubles sold in hardware stores meant to be laid in the dirt while one weeded the garden. I mean fine guns.

It's my understanding -- and PLEASE correct me -- that the very reason you need this hole is because you are refinishing a barrel set which is already struck. There would be no need for this when the barrels were originally made, as they'd have been rough finished BEFORE they were struck. So why would they ever need a weep hole when originally made?

If you know better, please explain. Im not a gunsmith...i just collect them.

NDG