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    Relining sb question

    I notice that my 1816 is developing a slight oval near the muzzle. My hit times have fallen in half over the past year and a half with it. It is long enough that I could have a tenth of an inch taken off and still be easily legal (the barrel is a full third of an inch longer than the minimum SAC spec) but there is a lot of pitting near the muzzle also, and the barrel has seen better days in general. A tube of modern metal running the whole length that is all smooth and pretty would be a nice thing.

    Thing is, looking at it, the metal near the muzzle is pretty darned thin. I assume Hoyt (or anyone else) would have to chop the barrel and line and stretch it?

    As an alternative... I seem to remember some provision that in lining, you can go one caliber up or down from the original and still be legal. Would I be correct in that, and if so if the gun is nominally to be .69, I could get it relined to .68?

    I know in altering it I would have to get it re-inspected of course.

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    Just contact Hoyt directly to see what he can do. Quite a while ago he full length relined an original 1842 for me. I think he said it was .685 or .686.

    Barry S.

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    Jonk - Yes, you are correct, the caliber tolerance is +/- one caliber, or more specifically +/- 0.010". If you do in fact have your smoothbore barrel sleeved you do not need a complete re-inspection. All you have to do is take it to the SAC, explain that it has been sleeved, by who, what the caliber is, and if the barrel length has changed. At that time your current SAC card will be modified to reflect the change/changes. Then the archival master inspection sheet will also be altered to include the change or changes.

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