cut and crown

Thank you for your helpful explanation

anchor3593 said:
So easy that you will wonder why you didn't do it before.
Put tape around it where you want to cut and stuff a patch down past your intended cut to keep filings out.
Stick the gun down the leg ....
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Thank you so much for your clear explanation. I intend to take it one step at a time.
One thing I forgot to mention earlier this afternoon is that this revolver has an octagonal barrel. Maybe that's an easier job, since there are eight (8) flats surrounding the bore which I could trim with a flat file(?). I'm not in a position to invest in fancy machinist tools for a job I'll likely not repeat and as I said, gunsmiths are in short supply on this island.
It's not like it's a priceless heirloom, but it's a nice replica of an old Colt Navy in .38 spl. 'thx' again.
BTW-- So far there's only one poster who thinks ill of you--the rest of us believe your head is exactly where it ought to be q:^ ]
 
Closed thread why? Cut and crown.

Just curious. Read, then re-read through the cut and crown thread, ad am trying to figure out why it was closed.

Near as I can tell, there was no bad or dangerous information given, about an operation on the muzzle of a beater rifle, that was carried out routinely over the years in an effort to improve (if only somewhat) the accuracy of a cheap rifle.

I'll stick to my presuming that the persons are NOT doing anything illegal, like cutting barrels down beyond the imposed dimensions in our poorly written and somewhat silly contradictory laws.

While folks' hand skills vary, the worst I can see happening from anyone following these instructions, is a steady stream of paying work for any of the very few gunsmiths that are still around and still willing to take new customers.

Really, unless there was something I missed, that has been edited out...???

Oh yeah. Why does the Mod that locks a thread down like this, not put his name in the last post or otherwise mark as being responsible? I see some of the mods do so, why not all?

With any luck, I'll actually see an answer, rather than just having this closed too. Yes? No?

Cheers
Trev
 
Ok, ok ok perhaps I was a bit harsh on the original O.P. and was not too crazy about the methods he employed, and for that please forgive the tone of my post assuming the moderators are closing it for such reasons. I suppose that to recrown a rifle using what ever tools were at hand and working within a limited budget then you would make do with that or any other method you could. Not everyone has access to a lathe or the know how to use one. The whole topic of muzzles and crowning should hardly be something that is taboo especially on a site like this. What do you say Mod's Regards D.H.
 
Make that three of us.

I don't chime in much in this section, but I do read almost every thread and follow it until it's over. There is a lot of information to be gleaned here and I find it quite enjoyable.

It would be nice if all mods would post why the thread was closed as a last post, but I am doubting many want to be held to any standards. Mods are people too and sometimes act upon their emotions like anyone else. They wouldn't want the members to see that
 
David,
While your post may have seemed a bit harsh, I found it hunerous and entertaining. Since the thread was unlikely to add to my technical knowledge, that's all I could ask for. By the way, I tried stuffing the last barrel I was cutting into a pants leg but found it difficult to get it through the headstock as the pants tend to bunch up. Also, I was a bit concerned that they might get wound up in the gears. Of course, there is also the problem with hot chips getting on my bare legs.
 
Before I saw that the thread was locked this morning, I wrote a long post describing some of the things that happen when a bullet is acted upon by the force of the gases on the rear overcoming two types of inertia - one linear, as the bullet is accelerated out the barrel - the other torsional as the bullet is accelerated in spin - and any off-balance is going to give the bullet wobble forces more and more as it increases in rpm like a tire out of balance gets much worse at speed.

As the bullet leaves the barrel, it may be wobbling like a drunk driver - so strangely, the crown does not have much to do with fixing that - but the "crown" on the other end has more to do with accuracy - although the muzzle does have a lot to do with the fine tuning. If the bullet hits some buildup in a pit on one side of the bore just as it exits, it might come out like a skid steer with only one lever working.

But this thread is not about crowning - this one might be about ... pant legs? I suggested that because while a guy is messing with the little hole on the end of the rifle - rolling it over and over judging square - there might be scratches or shavings to deal with later.

So I sat and looked at this mornings post for a while - and went back to read the other posts and realized that there was something going on - some sort of crowd thing - which swayed one way and then the other - and it makes me pause to consider two things. Am I a politician in thought - adjusting my version of "truth" to the crowd like one who has no integrity? What effect is this social media stuff having on people - living before an audience who cheers and jeers? I think that I will back away for a bit - and change my pants - one leg is itchy.
 
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This morning, I wrote a long post describing some of the things that happen when a bullet is acted upon by the force of the gases on the rear overcoming two types of inertia - one linear, as the bullet is accelerated out the barrel - the other torsional as the bullet is accelerated in spin - and any off-balance is going to give the bullet wobble forces more and more as it increases in rpm like a tire out of balance gets much worse at speed.

As the bullet leaves the barrel, it may be wobbling like a drunk driver - so strangely, the crown does not have much to do with fixing that - but the "crown" on the other end has more to do with accuracy - although the muzzle does have a lot to do with the fine tuning. If the bullet hits some buildup in a pit on one side of the bore just as it exits, it might come out like a skid steer with only one lever working.

But this thread is not about crowning - this one might be about ... pant legs? I suggested that because while a guy is messing with the little hole on the end of the rifle - rolling it over and over judging square - there might be scratches or shavings to deal with later.

So I sat and looked at this mornings post for a while - and went back to read the other posts and realized that there was something going on - some sort of crowd thing - which swayed one way and then the other - and it makes me pause to consider two things. Am I a politician in thought - adjusting my version of "truth" to the crowd like one who has no integrity? What effect is this social media stuff having on people - living before an audience who cheers and jeers? I think that I will back away for a bit - and change my pants - one leg is itchy.
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That sh!t is deep bro , I wouldn't take things too seriously.
 
Disappointing ending...

It's too bad it's come to this. I expected 'Gunsmithing' would be relatively free of the back-biting, name-calling, and ridicule so many of our threads seem to deteriorate into. I'm only interested in the facts, not all the personal baggage other members share amongst themselves. Cheezits, guys, I'm still not done reading and comprehending the best of the how-to advice on that thread, and now it's 'Closed'?? "WTF?" I thought it was the job of our forum/thread moderators to maintain proper etiquette and to discipline members who are out of order. What other useful functions to they perform for us? IDK
signed,
'Disappointed'
 
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