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Guys,
I have a 1913 Harrods 12 bore from the birmingham gunsmiths Bently and Playfair. it is a smashing old gun and locks up tight as a drum. but the barrells are really thin and worn.
I also have a modern spannish 12 bore sbs. it is worth next to nothing. the barrels are a similar profile. I am thinking of putting the barrells off of the spannish gun into my english gun.
here is my plan
#1 take the spannish guns barrels to a local forge and get them to give them some heat and separarte the soldered on lumps, ribs etc i should come away with the barrell tubes seperate to the lumps.
#2 remove the top rib and the lump the fore-end sticks on from the old guns barrells.
#3 cut the old guns barrels off just in front of the flat on the bottom of the barrells uhoh: )
#4 work out a measurement that will only give a milimeter or 2 of oldmetal at the muzzle end of the remaining piece of the old guns barrells. run the machine through them all the way out.
#5 turn the new barrells down to that size along the required legth and then check they are at the same diameter at the end of the piece that will slide in so there is no step in the barrells up wards onto the new barrell.
#6 braise the new barrels in.
#7put the old top rib in and the front lump off the bottom.
#8 clean up then send for proof.
#9 take it in the field with some trepidation.
tell me what you think chaps
steve
I have a 1913 Harrods 12 bore from the birmingham gunsmiths Bently and Playfair. it is a smashing old gun and locks up tight as a drum. but the barrells are really thin and worn.
I also have a modern spannish 12 bore sbs. it is worth next to nothing. the barrels are a similar profile. I am thinking of putting the barrells off of the spannish gun into my english gun.
here is my plan
#1 take the spannish guns barrels to a local forge and get them to give them some heat and separarte the soldered on lumps, ribs etc i should come away with the barrell tubes seperate to the lumps.
#2 remove the top rib and the lump the fore-end sticks on from the old guns barrells.
#3 cut the old guns barrels off just in front of the flat on the bottom of the barrells uhoh: )
#4 work out a measurement that will only give a milimeter or 2 of oldmetal at the muzzle end of the remaining piece of the old guns barrells. run the machine through them all the way out.
#5 turn the new barrells down to that size along the required legth and then check they are at the same diameter at the end of the piece that will slide in so there is no step in the barrells up wards onto the new barrell.
#6 braise the new barrels in.
#7put the old top rib in and the front lump off the bottom.
#8 clean up then send for proof.
#9 take it in the field with some trepidation.
tell me what you think chaps
steve