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Originally Posted by Dave S
I've seen the tubes. The one with the weld on the neck definitely looks like a old rebuild. Or a "re-neck" but what's a re-neck? This is the second one I've seen like that. Untested unless Dave A or someone gets over there, but I can vouch that they're absolutely for real and lookin' good.
--Dave Sica
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What I am calling a "re-neck" is something that occurs at the factory. For example, something goes wrong after the gun is sealed to the funnel, say a broken stem or a poorly annealed seal that cracks, or a defect is discovered in the gun... something like that. It is very easy at that point to simply remove the gun, seal on a new section of glass neck tubing and insert a new gun/stem assembly for a second try. If the labels on the tube look factory original, but the tube has an extra neck weld, I usually assume that it is a factory rework rather than a "rebuild".
jr
11-09-2009, 11:09 PM
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