Butchered dewat barrel M1918 BAR

[Donkin]

So on a whim and a bit of an impulse, i bid on, and won a Dewat barrel from a M1918 BAR.

I thought it would be a cool artefact from that era, and would look cool in my study.

But holy smokes, has this barrel been butchered, never seen anything like it.

Oh well, i think im going to try forging a piece of it into a blade.

 

[hsatimmy]

there's ensuring it wont work, then there's that monstrosity. Too bad it wasn't done with any care

 

[Donkin]

there's ensuring it wont work, then there's that monstrosity. Too bad it wasn't done with any care

no kidding, it looks like it was actually cut all the way through and then welded together again.

 

[tiriaq]

Probably out of one of the RCAF BARs cut up at Downsview.

 

[Swami]

You could likely weld it so that it at least looks decent on the outside. Just use a grinder to smooth it out and blue the barrel yourself.

 

[Donkin]

A functional BAR that i owned many years ago, and unfortunately had to sell when i moved to Canada. What an awesome firearm.

 

[tiriaq]

Incidentally, I wouldn't call anything like that dewat. It is demilled.
DEactivated WAr Trophy. Generally speaking, rendered inoperable, but not disfigured excessively. DEMILitarized = destroyed. That's where the cutting torch, shredder or crusher get involved.
More than just a matter of semantics, I think.

 

[Donkin]

Incidentally, I wouldn't call anything like that dewat. It is demilled.
DEactivated WAr Trophy. Generally speaking, rendered inoperable, but not disfigured excessively. DEMILitarized = destroyed. That's where the cutting torch, shredder or crusher get involved.
More than just a matter of semantics, I think.

I would agree., thanks for that.

 

[hsatimmy]

Incidentally, I wouldn't call anything like that dewat. It is demilled.
DEactivated WAr Trophy. Generally speaking, rendered inoperable, but not disfigured excessively. DEMILitarized = destroyed. That's where the cutting torch, shredder or crusher get involved.
More than just a matter of semantics, I think.

great take, cheers

 

[tiriaq]

Back in the day, one would see the occasional BAR. Don't know how many 1918A2s were imported and sold as CAs. They were not uncommon. Wonder how many were registered?
The RCAF BARs were cut pretty badly. I tried to do a cosmetic restoration on one for a chap. That is when I learned that cast Armasteel is not weld friendly. Wound up using body filler and spray paint. Didn't look too bad from a few feet back.

 

[can14]

BAR rifles are great guns to shoot, when we used to be able to do it!lol
I would take the barrel to a machine shop and get them to splice the cut

 

[Grizzly Adams]

Back in the day, one would see the occasional BAR. Don't know how many 1918A2s were imported and sold as CAs. They were not uncommon. Wonder how many were registered?
The RCAF BARs were cut pretty badly. I tried to do a cosmetic restoration on one for a chap. That is when I learned that cast Armasteel is not weld friendly. Wound up using body filler and spray paint. Didn't look too bad from a few feet back.

I saw some of those years ago at a Calgary surplus store, severely butchered.

Grizz

 

[can14]

BAR 3006 magazine's are getting really hard to find