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My opinion, and this was confirmed by JJ Perdou at Champlin, when he repaired it, was that it was caused by a contaminated/poorly done solder joint. JJ supected that the "repair" consisted of simply reheating the old/bad joint. When he did the repair, he removed the entire rib, cleaned it down to bare metal, and started from scratch. His work was first rate.

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Yep, I'd be unhappy too. Anybody who knows their way around double guns should know better than to try to tack down a loose rib. The only reliable fix is to strip it off, clean up the mess, relay it properly and re-black. J. J.'s work is superb, but it's unfortunate that it came to that and had to come out of your pocket. I know roughly what J. J. charges for relaying a loose rib and re-blacking. Ouch. He isn't cheap, but it's done right.

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