My Hern English swivel has a hefty liner. I'll say this though; their website (at least the one that keeps coming up for me) has the English swivel described as: 1 5/8" bore, 104 lbs., 1 1/2" trunion, 30" length.
Somewhere else on the net, I saw somewhere, someone, somehow, wrote-up that they offered a 1 3/4" bore, 90 lbs., 1 1/2" trunion, 30" length.
Hern concurred and I placed my order.
Before it arrived, I forged my trunnions for the noted 1 1/2". One should never do that; should one? A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.
I'll tell you why: They came through @ 1 5/8" not 1 1/2". Actually, they should have been 1 3/4" but that became moot.
I wrote Joel Brown (sales) and he replied that they were/are 1 3/4"
Maybe his is....... but mine isn't.
He also added in his E-mail that he had actually just checked the weight and stated that it is 81 lbs., not 90 lbs..
So, go figure!
As a by-the-by, I measured the liner @ 24".
I understand that Hern supplies Dixie. (?)
I guess that I am satisfied? I needed the extra few inches or I would have gone to Dom Carpenter. Now in retrospect (hind sight is always better), I'll bet Dom could have turned the additional inches separately and welded them to the butt end.
I'm not the brightest bulb on the tree.
Richard "The Widow-Maker"
