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Would this do? https://www.ruag.co.uk/rimfire-hunting-magazines/p1910

Same hear. I regularly shoot my Damascus Clarke on the pheasants. 28 or 30g 6's all day long. It really annoys my o/u mates watching the birds drop out of the sky with "that old brown gun" as they call it.

We're not all like that.

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I'm taking delivery of four FAIR side by sides for an estate who want modern "English style" estate guns for not a ton of money. If they are anything like the FAIR Lincolns then I'll be very very happy. Lincoln shotguns are one of the most under rated shotguns out there imo. Sadly now the cost of new ones puts them in the second hand Beretta market so most people go for a second hand Beretta.

Yes there is. Some call it True Cylinder but we in the gun making world call it cylinder. If you properly measure a barrels choke with a proper choke gauge and it reads .000 then it is cylinder. 0 divided by 0 = 0. Not sure why you would want that but they are out there on a lot of the guns I have worked on. I agree though that if it's got some choke then it can't at all be cylinder but the term cylinder choke does exist.

Yes he is correct. (And I may have had a few beers with him) After about 5-9 inches the shot is travelling. My Clarke Damascus barrelled BLE has a thin spot from a very nasty dent that was repaired rather crudely by some try hard "smithy". It was bored out a lot to lose the dent repair internally. I measured it .015 at 9" from the muzzle in one spot. I've shot some hellish birds over the ten years I've owned it. It doesn't bother me one bit. I just need to be careful not to knock it as it will dent rather easily. Beauty of a gun though. And as Gunman says. Proof is measured by bore size alone. Auction houses use .020 as "below the recommended minimum".

Top rib on the Sporter has a wide top rib and vented side ribs. Also the stock is wider across the comb and deeper from heel to toe. As said heavier and manual safe too. Although not unknown to have had auto safe fitted afterwards so don't go by just that.

Original Lanber spares came from GMK and they are now all gone hence why all of the other spares suppliers don't have any. I got the last of the "new type" safety springs and cocking bar springs off GMK. That's all they had left as spares go. Whenever an old Lanber comes in for scrap now I strip it for spares. Have a box full. Get a new one made. It's worth it. Great guns. I have four in use as loan guns.

Quite right. But the best suggestion by far is take to some one who knows what they are doing. Phil (Non retired gunmaker)

Bettinsoli o/u's have striker return springs. They should not be "sticking out" except when fired. Years ago a lot would misfire. Normally down to the strength of the return springs taking some of the force away from the main springs. So I would either fit weaker ones or you could get away with cutting a coil or two off them thus making them weaker but still returning the striker into the action. If the gun is hard to open when fired IE: strikers sticking in primers or snap caps, then either their is not enough rebound adjusted into the mainsprings or they have messed with the cocking of the gun as guns without adjustable main springs ease the pressure off the strikers as you open the gun thus re cocking it. I can't remember what main springs a Bettinsoli has without opening one up and I haven't one to hand. As already mentioned. Find a proper gunsmith or a gun maker.

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It's Tula choke bud. Yes. Same. "Jug" choking or jug boring is an Americanism for back boring skeet chokes or barrels with no choke to get some choke back into the barrel.

When I was making barrels in 80's for steel we just left a few extra thou. around the chokes are on wall thickness... not a lot more. The "tubes" were the same for steel or lead. And I totally agree that barrel making methods and steel no different whatsoever from the first nitro proofing to today.

No new spares available anymore. You might want to try TW Chambers or Airgunspares.com Both supply obsolete parts for older guns but the common fault ejector trip in Lanbers is no longer available. A "competent" gunsmith or gunmaker can make the trips. I have a "graveyard" of Lanber spares if I can help. (Lanber is one of my favourite o/u's of the past) I may have a trip or two and have some ejectors. May still need to be fitted to your barrel but will be close. I replaced a second hand ejector in a Lanber this week with no problems.

Lanber don't. But Lincoln do. http://www.lincolnshotguns.com/products/lincoln-premier-wildfowler

Ron Potashnick (I think that's his first name) is/was an absolute wizard when it comes to disguising a lengthener. I had a pair of Purdey's one having had an 1" on the stock but was still the same length of pull as the other stock. The "figure" was amazing. You could only tell if you looked up the stock and saw a faint join line going around it. The only trouble is refinishing. You'd have to get him to do it or find someone else that can do that kind of artistic work. I'm not sure he is still with us. I heard some time ago he was quite ill. But I could be wrong. I keep myself to myself these days and don't see many in the trade anymore so he maybe still at it.

Ahh nice. I always wanted an A.H. Fox. I have two Parker Bros. a 12 bore "Trojan" model. And a 16 bore VH grade. I love shooting the 16.

You won't see that anymore. It's something to do with regulations in shipping chemicals from the USA or something to do with the chemicals within the bore cleaner itself. Can't remember. Edgar Bros were the importers. I got the last big bottle they had in stock. Paul told me that was it. No more. PH 009 is what I stock now.

I use battening. It's the perfect size for most jobs, easily available and then cover in baize.

Yes sad loss. I knew Nigel. Nice guy. He once came to me with a nasty dent in his barrels. I repaired it for him while he waited and we were chatting away. When done he asked "How much do I owe you?" I told him the price and he said that he just happened to have a box of his latest books in the car would I like one as payment. So I figured why not. He then asked if I had the first one... I said sheepishly "no, not yet". He then mentions that he just happened to have the first volume in the car as well and went and got it. I had to pay for that one. When he left I was still trying to do the sums and figure out who got the better deal!!

Tula was known as the Russian Purdey. Love one but so would everyone else! The Vostock o/u's are excellent. Used by the Russian olympic trap team way back when. Best damn trigger pulls I ever felt. Tuning fork style main springs. Also came with two sets of barrels. Skeet and sporting/game. Chinese puzzle to work on. Well made. Definitely want one in my cabinet one day. A friend of mine has the BRNO that Scully has. With both sets of barrels. The compensated choked ones and a long game style set. Mint it is.

From my reading Edwinson Green were Birmingham based gunmakers from late 1800's to the 1940's. They also had a shop in Cheltenham... a quality tool and diy store. Extremely clever chaps. Quality gunmakers. I currently am working on one of their 3 barrelled 20 bores. It has a single trigger and ejectors. All that modern technology in 1915!! A lot of them were made for the trade. Lancaster and Westley Richards come to mind. Their o/u's are very collectible.

Winchester triggers are inertia operated. You need to thump the stock when dry firing. Preferably with snap caps. Baikals are mechanical single triggers.

Right. Sadly the JLS went some time back. However yours (if it's like the one's I had) should be about 10 inches long and 1 1/2" in diameter. (shows you how old these are and how technology has moved on. Still work great though) You say you think it might have come off an old .22 you had. If it is the size of a .22 rimfire mod then NO. It will disappear after a few shots on a centre fire .22 For .243 the mods usually come with a internal diameter suitable for calibres up to and including 6.5mm. So as long as yours is the dimensions stated and the internals are larger than 6mm then yes it should be suitable for a .223 and upto a .243.... but I haven't seen yours so all of this is just from what I have had/seen/used. Unless the JLS is gratis I would rather get something like a Hausken MD35. They are tiny compared, not much bigger than a rimfire mod and sell for less than a £100.00. None of my business, but you say you are putting in for a .223 but already have the mod, perhaps for a rifle you don't own anymore. Is it on your ticket? Just asking because the feds might not like that.