Blown Barrels

Posted by Jeff on June 17, 2012, 1:01 am
50.113.108.132

Just thought I would show my blown barrels!!

EPIC wow -Re: Blown Barrels

Posted by Jeff on June 17, 2012, 1:38 am, in reply to "Blown Barrels"
24.24.245.205

wow Would you mind posting a story to go with it too? Hope no one was hurt.

Re: Blown Barrels

Posted by charlie cleveland on June 17, 2012, 9:05 am, in reply to "Blown Barrels"
66.211.114.250

there must have been a dirt dauber nest in there...my dad blew up his then new stevens double in 1947 ive still got the old barrels..they look about like yours my dads gun was ripped apart because of a wadding..he was shooting blanks and had a round that did not go off to good..he did not look down the barrel put in another shell and well you see your barrels that was a mistake my father made he has not forgotten in all those long years ago...heh how about sleving your barrel the side thats blown to a deer calibre 44 mag or 30-30 a full lenth sleve could be put in and your barrels could be straightened and repaired around the new sleve or should i call it a insert...theres several places out there that sell inserts in differant shotgun an d several lenths you would need a full lenth to fix your gun...just a idea i thought you mite like you may not like the idea but heh.... charlie

Re: Blown Barrels

Posted by Tom Salzer on June 19, 2012, 4:38 pm, in reply to "Blown Barrels"
173.48.189.57

I don't know if anyone has thought of or tried this, but I have noticed that the box lock gun barrels produced by Hunter Arms appear remarkably similar to L.C.Smith barrels. I wonder if a swap might be possible. You might find a good set of Ranger barrels and modify them to fit the Smith. Ranger parts should be much less expensive than Smith parts.

Re: EPIC wow -Re: Blown Barrels

Posted by Justin on June 20, 2012, 9:50 pm, in reply to "EPIC wow -Re: Blown Barrels"
50.37.85.165

Is this gun for sale on GB right now? If not, there's an LC with a blown tube that looks almost identical that is.

--- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit

Posted by Jeff on July 6, 2012, 4:41 pm, in reply to "Blown Barrels"
24.24.245.205

to an existing gun? I mean - same gauge & grade - like fitting 1924 barrels for a 12 field on a 1914 gun??? just curious how much work it is or possible. ?? or fitting an extra pair of barrels and having different chokes or length. Do people do this -- or am I just asking a dumb question?

Re: --- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit

Posted by Carl Erickson Jr on July 6, 2012, 4:58 pm, in reply to "--- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit"
69.248.116.238

Sometimes it works. I just took a barrel set from a 1920 field grade and installed them on a 1914 Ideal that had its barrels shortened to 18.5. I was able to do it with minor fitting. I would not count on anything though, especially with Syracuse/transition/early Fulton guns and later Fulton guns. Carl

Re: --- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit

Posted by David Williamson on July 6, 2012, 5:41 pm, in reply to "--- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit"
174.49.147.138

Jeff, I bought a "elsie" hammer gun, circa 1908 that had been cut to 25 3/16", it is great shooting skeet. I later bought an extra set of 30" Grade 1 barrels, circa 1899, that fit right on, no work. I also have a 26", set of barrels c.1900, that are the original length that also fit right on, no work. However, the extra for-end that I had took a few hours to fit it properly and works with the other two sets of barrels. My friend bought the above gun and he had an extra set of barrels that fit right on this gun. As stated some will and some won't.

Re: --- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit

Posted by Tom Martin on July 6, 2012, 9:56 pm, in reply to "--- HOW HARD IS IT TO HAVE other Elsie barrels fit"
98.16.93.73

It is always a crap shoot as to whether barrels will fit another gun or not. I once bought an orphan set off e-bay, and never found a gun of mine that they would fit, but they snapped right on one belonging to a friend. I bought a set of FW 16 gauge barrels that only required a minutes work with an India stone to fit the receiver of my 16 but like David said, it took a good bit of work to make the existing forend fit. Also remember that the barrels and frame were filed and polished together, so even f the mechanical fit works out, there may be some unsightly mismatches in cosmetic fit.