Making a Rifle Barrel

[oneadam12]

Al Pedersen made his own boring and rifling machine from what most considered 'junk' His barrels were quite accurate. Steel came from a company in Minneapolis called Ryerson. 20 or 24 ft. bars. His equipment is still around , I believe somewhere in S. Sask. Al had a neat little shop on the farm. Lots of stuff came from that shop.Mark

At one point when blanks got short, rumour has it the odd IH truck axle was employed. You can always tell one of the 'rifle ranch' barrels because Al built his machine backwards after seeing one - they are all LH twist. His son is out there, the grandson I knew in college.

 

[trevj]

I visited him in 1966, and saw his shop. Also shot his Remington Rolling Block that he had barreled up to 308 Winchester.

Now, that that thing was a mittful!
Ted

Geez, the thought of a Roller in a 60K PSI round chambering gives me the heebies!

Grenade waiting to go off.

IMO.

Craftsmanship is one thing, but wisdom, another, eh?

Cheers
Trev

 

[exseparatist]

Hi everybody !

To comeback about the initial thread question,

I invite you to give a look at this very interresting video made in 1968: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lui6uNPcRPA I discovered it a year ago.

You will see the Young Wallace Gusler, a Master Gunsmith, using only 18th century tools and techniques, building from scratch a Colonist muzzelloader reproduction.

The final result is amazing when you consider that Wallace starded with a bucket of charcoal, some flat bars of iron, a maple lug, some scrap of brass and a LOT of elbow grease !!!!

Even if the video duration is near one hour, I watched it 3 times... You won't be desapointed.

EX