Damacus barrels (Again)
What is the general concesus on using subgauge tubes such as Brileys in a Damascus barreled shotgun?
At one time( they still may) Kolar Kreighoff offered carrier barrels for their O/U's. These carriers were made to hold the subgauge tubes only.,NOT to be used for firing 12 ga.rounds.
Would/Could the Damascus barrels serve as carrier barrels?
Reason for my asking is that I have an L.C. Smith w/hammers with stub twist barrels and thought it might be fun to get a set of 28 Ga. tubes for it.
Retired Air Force Msgt--NRA Life Member since 1971
At one time( they still may) Kolar Kreighoff offered carrier barrels for their O/U's. These carriers were made to hold the subgauge tubes only.,NOT to be used for firing 12 ga.rounds.
Would/Could the Damascus barrels serve as carrier barrels?
Reason for my asking is that I have an L.C. Smith w/hammers with stub twist barrels and thought it might be fun to get a set of 28 Ga. tubes for it.
Retired Air Force Msgt--NRA Life Member since 1971
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That sounds like a pretty good idea to me, and for the life of me I cannot figure how it would be less than a good idea. I'm sure there will be some guys from the forum that can help alot beter than I can...sure hope they chime in here as you have me curious about doing the same to an ol' Parker I have. Is that the Kolar in Wisconsin? If so, I live in northern Illinois and would be happy to ask some of the guys at the range where I part (McMiller in Eagle Wi.) time if they have heard of such a thing or had it done by them. Let me know and I'll try to help out if I can.
Bill
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I remember reading an article a few years ago, I believe in Shooting Times, that Briley was one of the first to come up with this specifically for what you want to do. I think it was a specialty of theirs and that Briley himself did a lot of the work. That may all be changed now, but I think the cost was more than for tubes for a modern gun, but still affordable for the type of gun you have. 0 -
Sub-Chambers have been around a lot of years...and are made with better Metal than the standard Belguim Twist Barrels of the day...I see No reason to be worried about using a Quality Sub-Chamber in Smokeless Powder in your Twist barrel as the Twist barrel is only supporting the Sub-Chamber and No Gasses are escaping into the Outer barrel.....You might consider checking with a Local Gunsmith for His personal evaluation...as a hands on evaluation is always better than ongoing conjecture......I wish you well.............
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Afternoon dg,
I have briley tubes in two Parker's that are just too nice to
reside in a safe. As the barrels are damascus, the tubes are the only
real safe way to go. I have .28 tubes in one D grade .12 and .410 bore tubes in a G grade .12. The guns shoot just fine but quite frankly, I am not sure this was worth the expense. To begin with,
your L.C. Smith must have a tight lock up between the barrels and
receiver. If such is not the case, you are looking at spending some
fair amount of money for a new hinge pin and tig welding up the locking block. That reads about $600.00. To play it safe, I would have the barrels x-rayed-about $50.00. If your gun is in excellent
condition and tight-proceed to: www.briley.com
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