| JPK |
| (.375 member) |
| 04/12/08 09:00 AM |
Re: Your preference - new best quality or vintage?
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I looked at the Westley Richards on Champlin's website some time back. It looks like the barrels are sleeved, even though they look like shoe lump construction. I don't think they were built from the ground up on the rebuild.
According to the description, it's a rebuilt gun - originally a .30-06. Must have been one huge .30-06.
I would have a hard time getting excited about those sleeved barrels.
Curl
Curl,
The barrels need a trip to John Roberts in England or one of the good barrel guys here for TIG welding the seams. Then good buffing and a re-black with touched up engraving and you wouldn't know the barrels were sleeved. As it is, the seams just don't cut it, and attempting to hide them with that engraving is worse.
JPK