rear entry timble?

[cal.43]

saw this picture, now my question was it a typicall way to make the rearentry timble as a two piece.
sorry for my bad english.
Regards
Arne

[Long John]

Arne,

I'm no expert but it is my impression that it was not uncommon to use solder as seen in your picture.  I have done it myself on a Bucks County rifle.  However, we don't know what happened to that gun over the past 200 years.  It might have had a one-piece entry pipe that was damaged and in reparing the gun the repair was made by merely soldering on a replacement extension, which later fell off.  Clearly, from the wear on the entry pipe, the gun has been used for a long time with the extension missing.

Best Regards,

JMC

[Dave B]

It is interesting  that lately I have seen several of these on various originals.  I think that it was not done as much as the traditional one piece but may have been more  typical to a particular school of building

[Dphariss]

I have done this but use silver solder.  Solder together store bought pipes are one reason I make my own.
I prefer to make them one piece its little more trouble and I think its easier to make a fancy one in one piece.

Dan

[James Rogers]

I believe there are quite  few 18th century American examples in Grinslade's fowling piece book and I have also seen English two-piece examples as well.

[cal.43]

thanks for the info.