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I have a barrel off of a turkish mauser that was cut down...

Firstly, the muzzle was never refaced. I found the link below and it seems to be a cheap/easy method to redo it, any opinions?

http://www272.pair.com/stevewag/muzzle/mz.html

Secondly, the front site was brazed on and there's a bunch of brass pooled on it. I plan on sanding it smooth and repainting the barrel (since cold blue doesn't work on brass apparently). I thought that I'd read some threads about people using BBQ paint since it's very heat resistant and provides a nice matte black finish.

Do I need to prime the metal first, or just sand it down, wipe it down with lacquer thinner/acetone, plug any holes and then spray away?

Any other suggestions for paint if the BBQ paint is no good?

Thanks!!
 
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It would be better and cheaper to take it to a gunsmith and have it crowned in my opinion.

I have found the spray cans of rust preventing paint work pretty good. They seem to stick quite well.
 
A ball grinder and a drill, DON'T! There is no way to ensure the muzzle is still square with the bore.
An off square bore will mover your point of impact away from the bore line of sight at best and at worst will cause bullets to tumble as they leave the barrel.

I have repaired several home crowned barrels done this way.
I use a cutter similar to the Brownells with a guide in the bore lubed with synthetic oil. First cut squares the muzzle, second to eleven degrees. It takes less than ten minutes to do "the perfect" job.
 
If the gun is not tumbling bullets and shoots to where the bore points, then crowning may not be an issue. you can check if the muzzle is perpendicular to the exterior of the barrel with a small machinists square.
 
Alrighty, I'll hold off on the crowning until I know how it shoots first. Thanks guys.

Oh yeah, one more question... there is some minor pitting on the barrell of a different rifle.... is there any way to cover this up or smooth it out short of sanding for the next week straight?
 
If you are going to blue the pitted barrel, nothing short of sanding or welding will solve your problem. If you are going to paint, any good epoxy will fill the minor imperfections.

If the Turk mauser was cut off on a lathe, you should be good-to-go, just be careful with the muzzle, at 90º is pretty easy to damage.

If you do decide to have it crowned, Del Selin's in Vernon is probably the closest smith, unless MysticPlayer has a lathe.
 
For filling the imperfections, will a fiberglass resin work?

I'm not too sure about the Turk yet, I'll have to try it out once I get finished with all this....

Yeah, I've heard good things about Del Selins. There's also a place in Kelowna I've been too, but if his labor charges are anything like what he wanted to charge me for a barrel band screw for a Win 94, I think I'll steer clear.
 
Another question here...

Have the barrel painted, looks pretty good.

WHat about the bolt? I can see that the paint is going to get rubbed off after a while, should I just have the actual bolt handle and back painted and leave teh rest as is or...?

Thanks!
 
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