Thread: English & Spanish side by sides

Originally Posted by el borracho

lovely looking action! 12-15 k to rebarrel?

I was thinking 1.2 to 1.5 to re barrel, don't spoil the dream!

who will do all the work?

Me I hope with some help from some clever mates and some Norinco barrels!

Sunday afternoon stock bending of one of the two s/s sabel shotguns that arrived from the UK last week . Both nice guns but the Garbi feels more English and of a higher quality build --will post images later once I take some

good simple techniques there.did you buy your guns online and then have them shipped?

Nice, hope the wall hangs out with the side load!

yes i did buy online -got two as freight was the same for one or more . only trouble im having is putting the trigger guard back on -this gun is fitted tightly by the looks -to well made lol i need to do some bending but might get a smith to complete this or someone more competent than me !!

When you bend a stock through the wrist (depending how much you bend it), you will generally need to realign the face where the stock bolt tightens (otherwise tightening it just straightens it again) and recut the trigger guard inlet accordingly.

mmm im not that a flasher smith !!! if it comes back ill look at that but wait until that day

i doubt whether either of the sxs of EL B's have a bolt through the stock,being a straight english style stock they will have a long trigger tang. rather than re inletting the stock so it fits, it would be best to heat, bend(cut and tig weld if necessary) then hot blue the metal.not a job for the faint hearted. the Garbi would be the keeper? also el b. with your set up for bending,did you get any issues with the cant of the stock.ie. did it alter at all and how much cast did you achieve.

Originally Posted by el borracho

yes i did buy online -got two as freight was the same for one or more . only trouble im having is putting the trigger guard back on -this gun is fitted tightly by the looks -to well made lol i need to do some bending but might get a smith to complete this or someone more competent than me !!

Oh dear, a wee bit of knowledge can be a dangerous thing, and cost heaps as well

only needs a bend not surgery !

Originally Posted by lophortyx

i doubt whether either of the sxs of EL B's have a bolt through the stock,being a straight english style stock they will have a long trigger tang. rather than re inletting the stock so it fits, it would be best to heat, bend(cut and tig weld if necessary) then hot blue the metal.not a job for the faint hearted. the Garbi would be the keeper? also el b. with your set up for bending,did you get any issues with the cant of the stock.ie. did it alter at all and how much cast did you achieve.

ill post soon but been sick with the flu and looking after 7 puppies is taxing lol

A nice link to browning Damascus barrels . im going to search out a nice Damascus barreled s/s gun and have a play!! anyway worth a look and some fine examples grace this page .https://docs.google.com/document/d/1...nEM/edit?pli=1

I have a greener shotgun in the shed right now which has a damascus look about the barrels, they arent but just look that way. They will need to be brought back
to the original pattern and this will happen when doing the bluing