Getting new barrells

[NorfolkAYA]

Hi all,

 

This may be a stupid question but say I wanted to get a new set of barrells for my gun?. How do I go about it? I always see barrells for sale but are they not serial numbered to the gun? How do I do it?

 

ATB

[bostonmick]

When I bought a second set of barrels I had them recorded on my certificate As barrels. You will need to get them checked and fitted correctly and needs to be done by a proper gunsmiths.others may have different ideas but I like everything to be absolutely correct. Atb

Edited March 19, 2015 by bostonmick

[CharlieT]

Firstly, they must fit your gun and as Bostonmick says it would be worth getting a competent gunsmith to check this.

Serial numbers count for nothing, you can have shotguns with none or 10, it matters not.

I believe shotgun barrel/s themselves are not considered a controlled item and therefore there is no requirement to list them on your fac. It is only when married together with the action that the shotgun becomes a controlled item.

 

For the usual reasons, some licensing managers will insist on them being entered on your certificate.

[JohnfromUK]

I have two guns with two sets of barrels; A Beretta, where then additional barrels were supplied by Beretta UK (to a previous owner). They are Italian proofed.

 

Secondly an AyA. The second set were made later (by AyA and again for a previous owner), and proofed (on the gun) in the UK (Birmingham) after fitting in the UK. Thus the gun bears both Spanish (from its original proof with the original barrels) and Birmingham (when the second set of barrels were fitted). The second set of barrels bear only Birmingham proof marks.

 

Beretta additional barrels carry makers serial numbers (though not matching the gun), the AyA barrels do not, only the AyA name on the rib and stamp on the tubes. On the AyA, there are also what may be (faint) Spanish 'view' marks on the tubes

Neither additional set are mentioned on my SGC.

Edited March 19, 2015 by JohnfromUK

[Gunman]

Question you should be asking is " is it cost effective ?"

 

If its a double gun then the chances are the answer is no its not , Probably cheaper in the long run to buy another gun , as you will not get your money back if you ever try to sell a two barrel set .

[clayman]

Unless you have a high precision gun, like a Perazzi, where all barrels are made to fit a master pattern with very high tolerances, and therefore an MX8 barrel from one guns fits straight onto another - by far the majority of guns have the barrels let in individually down the production line . So two apparently identical looking guns do not accept a barrel swap.

 

What this means, is that unless your gun is something special, buying a new set of replacement barrels, for shall we say a Lanber, would cost more than buying a complete second hand gun. If you got a spare 2nd/h set, these would need fitting to your action by a gunsmith - give or take, but allow for £100 to do it.

 

Some guns are sold new with two barrels - Lanbers, Rizzini, Lincolns and more - have options in their range to buy stock, action and fore-end, with two barrels. Typically a shorter open choked barrel and a longer closed choke barrel, both factory fitted and interchangeable. Sometimes different gauges, ie the Lincoln 28g / 410 combo.

 

There are advantages in having two sets of barres over having a M/C gun, as the longer and shorter barrels have different swing characteristics, and set chokes are less vulnerable to damage than multi-choke.

 

 

While the concept of getting second barrels for an existing gun is a sound idea, in most cases its not financially the best way forward - it can be the same costs or less to simply buy a second complete gun ( 2nd/h), which in turn means you have one whole working gun should something go wrong with the other - while a two barrel set gun has only one action, and if that's Out of Service, there's no gun to fire.

For a bit more input from the forum, you might indicate what gun you have, current barrel length and choking, and desired second barrel configuration?

Edited March 19, 2015 by clayman

[bostonmick]

as an idea of cost I wanted a set of barrels I was quoted £1100 for new .it worked out cheaper in the long run to buy a sp1 as these were the barrels that would fit my other gun so bought a new sp1. and had them matched to my old gun.

[Alycidon]

When I bought a second set of barrels I had them recorded on my certificate As barrels. You will need to get them checked and fitted correctly. This w I understand need to be done by a proper gunsmiths.others may have different ideas but I like everything to be absolutely correct. Atb

 

Spot on correct, I have 2 sets for my 687, one set started life on a 686. The gunsmith that fits them will enter them onto your cert as a barrell set unless the seller has done a face to face with you and entered them. MAKE SURE at your next renewal that your new cert shows them as a barrel only and not as a complete gun. At my last renewal my cert said barrel set, this had been recorded by the authorities as a complete gun.

 

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