Streightening a barrel?

Go find one for sale anywhere but Westrifle then, and tell me where you found it and the price. Billybob down the road doesn't count.
 
You guys are funnier than hell, I love all the answers cause youre all right, and made some great points on the sks in general.:D

Thanks for all the great ideas, I think im just gonna put it in a vise and give'er a good pull to the right and see what happens at the range.lol..

I wont hang this old war dog on the wall till ive pounded thousands of rounds through her.
After 50 years in a box... she does like to shoot...:D
 
RMXC51 said:
Go find one for sale anywhere but Westrifle then, and tell me where you found it and the price. Billybob down the road doesn't count.
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I'm not sure what you're asking here , since these rifles are obviously available but you're not satisfied and and want me to find one that your uncle is selling for free and can vouch for it's reliability........well then you win.......I guess.
 
Not sure what I'm asking? Well, trolls ARE thick skulled, and that's all you've done in this thread.

You say that 1949 SKS's are easy to come by. If they're so easy to get, name another retailer besides Westrifle that has them for sale. That's it. Put up, or shut up and go back under your bridge.
 
RMXC51 said:
Not sure what I'm asking? Well, trolls ARE thick skulled, and that's all you've done in this thread.

You say that 1949 SKS's are easy to come by. If they're so easy to get, name another retailer besides Westrifle that has them for sale. That's it. Put up, or shut up and go back under your bridge.
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Since you can't understand the irony in my question, then you might want to check your own skull sectional density. I gave my opinion but apparently you're not happy since it didn't follow your suit. I'm done here, since it seems you're resorting to name calling , and reached the edge of your intelligence level. Now get on with it.:wave:
 
I've heard of more than one barrel straightened by pulling it against a tree trunk or similar. The steel in barrels is usually fairly soft and not too hard to bend.

Personally, for a curved barrel I would try that before the vice unless it has a fairly sharp bend and in that case I might be a bit leary about trying anything. Sight down it and see if you can tell how much bend it has and where.

Really what have you got to lose considering where you're at now?
 
If you want to bend it, put it in a vice and go for it.

If I was going to do it, I would clamp the barrel with hard wood protection in my big vice and then use a small car jack to push the rifle up to bend it.
 
OP - why not post this in the precision rifles forum ?? Go on - just for the responses :)

Other than that, if I was in your situation and wanted to keep the particular rifle as a shooter, I would pay to have it done.
 
And now a word from an x armourer
I took a tour of the Cooey factory in Ontario in the early seventies. I was surprised to see that they put the 22s in a vice and just bent the barrel a bit at a time on an indoor range till it shot on target. I have done this to several small calibre rifles over the years and it works like a charm. There is no reason that you couldn't do the same with anj SKS. A bit of trial and error would even see it through.
If you want to get realy high tech, get a laser bore sight and bend it till it matches the sights. You will do no harm!!!!!
 
...pick one or several of the answers suggested above. If you don't see the answer you are looking for, then make it up and do that.
 
The Kurgan said:
I would still send it back, use the money to buy a '49 from Westrifle.
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Thats where I got it from... and I have no problem with them or the rifle and I'm not sending it back!!.
It shoots great, and love the old girl.:)

The bend to the left is so slight, you have to have a good eye to see it.. in fact I had to look twice at it to see, when the front sights were maxed to the left and it was still hitting left. I thought something was fishy.

I was just wondering what methods or how too's.. on making it shoot more to the right.
Putting it in a vice and giving it a methodical pull should get it shooting ok.:D

Thanks for the replies, I appreciate them all.:cool:
 
You put it across V blocks, use a dial indicator, locate the point of maximum deflection and carefully apply pressure with a press and make progressive progress, checking with the dial indicator as you go along. It's not like it's kinked or anything, just don't do anything that will harm it by applying too much force to too small of a area. The pros straighten arrows, tubular forks, axles.
 
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