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Barrel sleeving

Posted by John Burns on May 13, 2025, 2:29 pm
Edited by board administrator May 13, 2025, 3:17 pm

Is it possible to sleeve a fluid steel barrel and maintain the existing gauge?
If so, does anyone know who does that?

Re: Barrel sleeving

Posted by Drew Hause on May 13, 2025, 3:20 pm, in reply to "Barrel sleeving"

Timely thread
https://www.doublegunshop.com/forums/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Number=660668

Yes, sleeving is typically to the same gauge.
It would need to be a valuable Smith to justify the several thousand $ expense, and a few years wait.

Re: Barrel sleeving

Posted by Charles Harvey on August 22, 2025, 1:06 pm, in reply to "Barrel sleeving"

Several out there, though I am personally familiar with:
Will Brothers Restoration
Ossineke, MI 49766
(989) 471-1075

Very nice work. Not cheap, but then again, if it were, it probably wouldn't be for beans...........

Obviously, one should check with Jerry Andrews as to who he may recommend, as he is rather known as the Guru of L.C. Smith firearm repair/restoration.
I did see once that he had dropped the name of Black Diamond Gunworks, but I know nothing about them.

Hope it helps.

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