Brit Krummlauf
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The barrel straighteners at Enfield would hold one end of the barrel and let the barrel drop onto a hardwood block positioned as necessary. Your biggest difficulty will be not bending the rest of the barrel on either side of that bend. After an extreme bend like that stresses are set up in the steel that would need to be removed by heat treating I suspect. Unless the barrel is mint it's not worth the trouble, unless you just want to do it for fun and to see what happens.
I finally had time to set up the Arbor press at work and enlisted a couple friends to help out.
Barrel on top of metal rods sitting on top of aluminum blocks.
Rounded side of milling bit between the top of the barrel and the Arbor press ram. Two of us eyeballed the bore for multiple corrections and used a beveled straight edge once it seemed good by eyeball along the barrel sides to look for the high spots. Front sight prevented checking for straightness on granite tables. Black tape you see on alum. blocks just to keep metal rods from rolling off. This picture was setup after job was done. Used rags to protect bluing.
Final product
Just needs to be tested on the range.
Pics from my crappy cellphone camera.
Barrel on top of metal rods sitting on top of aluminum blocks.
Rounded side of milling bit between the top of the barrel and the Arbor press ram. Two of us eyeballed the bore for multiple corrections and used a beveled straight edge once it seemed good by eyeball along the barrel sides to look for the high spots. Front sight prevented checking for straightness on granite tables. Black tape you see on alum. blocks just to keep metal rods from rolling off. This picture was setup after job was done. Used rags to protect bluing.
Final product
Just needs to be tested on the range.
Pics from my crappy cellphone camera.
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Rifleman1911
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- Leduc county AB
good job.
Another one saved from bubba
Another one saved from bubba
Tried it last night with 180gr CIL SP and Plastic tip loads from who knows when.
Sights where just a bit left at 35-40yds with rear sight at 300yds. Corrected with Sight tool.
Accuracy with the irons was good enough for hunting.
Sights where just a bit left at 35-40yds with rear sight at 300yds. Corrected with Sight tool.
Accuracy with the irons was good enough for hunting.
My uncle straightened a barrel from a .22 in the 50's
He took the barreled action out of the stock and rotated the barrel in two "V" blocks.
Once he found a low spot, he rotated everything 180 degrees and applied gentle pressure. This works providing the bend is between two points that can fit within the "V" blocks.
It can also be rebarreled.
He took the barreled action out of the stock and rotated the barrel in two "V" blocks.
Once he found a low spot, he rotated everything 180 degrees and applied gentle pressure. This works providing the bend is between two points that can fit within the "V" blocks.
It can also be rebarreled.
Hey, just noticed this...crooked barrel jed says to bend it straight again?
BSA 1918
Shame. Nice condition otherwise.
Owner is hoping to get it "fixed". Sentiment value as it was his grandad's
I'm recommending chopping off the barrel just before the bend as the cheapest way.
It's just over 18' till that point. Least it will still be matching.
Any other suggestions?
If it's an eighteen foot long barrel, cutting it off at standard length will certainly fix it.
In my limited experience of bending (or straightening) lengths of metal, it's easier to control if you are trying to affect the middle than the ends.
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