Ream a barrel at home anyone?

[petew]

After a long internet search I found a way to ream out a crusty barrel to a smoothbore at home.
In fact there are even directions on how to do rifling!! and the information is free.
I just found a good winter project!!

I wish I had a couple practice barrels on hand in case it doesn't work out to good at first..

http://toadhallrifleshop.com/bits-reamers/

Pete

 

[H Wally]

Interesting - I like his site. Lots of little tips and hints here and there that you don't find elsewhere. Thanks!

 

[BSA Jack]

Thank you for sharing that. I really enjoyed reading that and looking at pictures of the original East Tennessee rifles and Tennessee hog rifles in the links. Cheers

 

[petew]

I copied all the pages to my hard drive, just in case the site goes off line. This information is just to hard to come by to not store it.

 

[NorthCoastBigBore]

Thanks for posting that. Have some articles on early barrel making techniques but his explanation, with those pictures, is very clear.