cutting a little off the barrel
- Thread starter JB
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- Medicine Hat, AB
Could it be done with wire EDM?
I think the best way to cut them would be on a mill just to keep the barrels even and the cuts square to the bore. Then you should be able to rejoin them with silver solder.
You could always cut them down with a hacksaw, dress them perpendicular with a lathe file, stone them for finish and then rejoin them but there is no guarantee the muzzles would be square to the bore.
This is what I did with a swede 96. I used a hardened collet to grip the barrel and dressed the muzzle down to the collet. I then crowned it 11 degrees using a piloted countersink. This worked out extremely well for me. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for you since you have two barrels to hold.
If you put a couple of arbours down the barrels and held them perfectly square in a vise, you could dress the muzzles down to the hardened jaw face. If you do end up using a file on your barrels, get a lathe file. These files will leave a finish almost like a ground finish. Stone out the small scratches with a fine stone afterward. You can also use a small stone or some crocus paper to deburr the edges when you are done.
These are my thoughts when I haven't access to machinery. It would be better to mill them but what I suggest is all manual labour without power tools. Hopefully someone else will chime in with something more and then I can expand my knowledge too!
You could always cut them down with a hacksaw, dress them perpendicular with a lathe file, stone them for finish and then rejoin them but there is no guarantee the muzzles would be square to the bore.
This is what I did with a swede 96. I used a hardened collet to grip the barrel and dressed the muzzle down to the collet. I then crowned it 11 degrees using a piloted countersink. This worked out extremely well for me. Unfortunately this wouldn't work for you since you have two barrels to hold.
If you put a couple of arbours down the barrels and held them perfectly square in a vise, you could dress the muzzles down to the hardened jaw face. If you do end up using a file on your barrels, get a lathe file. These files will leave a finish almost like a ground finish. Stone out the small scratches with a fine stone afterward. You can also use a small stone or some crocus paper to deburr the edges when you are done.
These are my thoughts when I haven't access to machinery. It would be better to mill them but what I suggest is all manual labour without power tools. Hopefully someone else will chime in with something more and then I can expand my knowledge too!
Double barrels, either O/U or SxS, are best left to an expert. You have no idea how the barrels are joined and some aren't over the whole length. Regulating the barrels so they shoot to the same POI isn't easy and requires a great deal of skill.
