Reboring pitted barrel.

infideleggwelder said:
Have a .50 barrel i`d like rebored to .54. It’s pitted and ringed. It shoots ok ish and is hard to clean. but i also don`t have a .54

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Taking two one-hundredths of an inch off each side of the bore is not very much metal. If it is as badly disfigured, you might not have to actually take off all that much.

Maybe, you could polish it with repeated strokes of abrasives. Think about the old-fashioned rifling machines. Think about replicating that kind of machinery and stroking the bore similarly.
 
infideleggwelder said:
Have a .50 barrel i`d like rebored to .54. It’s pitted and ringed. It shoots ok ish and is hard to clean. but i also don`t have a .54
I know about bobby Hoyt in the US but not sure if i`m willing to trust CBSA and the USPS.
Anyone in Canada doing it?
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what type of barrel? a replacement might be much cheaper..... depending on it's OD - maybe a smooth bore?
 
I suspect it would be as expensive or more to have it re rifled compared to buying a new barrel. If you wanted to try doing it yourself, you could used Cerrosafe to make a rifling head. Cast it about 3 inches long or a bit more then recess an angled slot in one of the ridges and put a rifling cutter in that slot and shim the cutter out with strips of tin foil or something similar. Make two or three passes on each groove then rotate one groove and repeat. When all grooves have been cut once, shim the cutter out a tiny amount and repeat.
I have tried polishing a lightly rusted bore with a very tight patch (on a bronze brush) dressed with valve grinding compound and while it does polish a little bit, it removes very little metal and would be extremely unlikely to clean up your bore, based on your description

cheers mooncoon
 
I`ve been contemplating building Toad Hall`s rifling and boring machines/benches. Have his book and downloaded all the pages of his website before he shut it down. I know that would cost 3 to 4 times as much as buying a new barrel. I think it would be for the fun of it. But only if where i buy has space for it
I`ve contacted a gentleman in Alberta, when i get there this summer i`ll find out what the cost will be.
 
sean69 said:
what type of barrel? a replacement might be much cheaper..... depending on it's OD - maybe a smooth bore?
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It`s full straight octagon, 7/8 or 15/16 across the flats, little bit smaller than that 45 cal i bought from you abut 3 years ago(it was from you i think).
I`d definately replace it, and would go .54 or .58 but then i`d have to do something with the old barrel.......smooth .62?
 
infideleggwelder said:
It`s full straight octagon, 7/8 or 15/16 across the flats, little bit smaller than that 45 cal i bought from you abut 3 years ago(it was from you i think).
I`d definately replace it, and would go .54 or .58 but then i`d have to do something with the old barrel.......smooth .62?
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I don't recall specifically selling you a barrel ... sorry :(

replace it and cut it up for pistol barrels :) You could bore them out to .62 or re-rifle them yourself, give you an opportunity to build a pistol version of your rifling machine + get some practical experience before moving on to the full sized deal... :)

how's that sound ??
 
AAAAACCCTUALLY, I have a Green Mountain .54 straight octagon here now that I have no plans for (customer swapped out for a swamped octagon at last minute) Brand new, not cut or filed, basically right out of the wrap. If interested, I could let it go for what it cost me. (which I would have to look up) - It would certainly have a slow twist for RB.

PS> There is probably a breech plug for it floating about.
 
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Are there any people who do sleeving in Canada? I have a BRITISH BULLDOG ( Belgian) in .442 and the barrel narrows as it gets to the muzzle as it is supposed to I am told. I would rather sleeve the barrel for .44 Russian or som not too powerful round to make it easier to reload for and hopefully safer to fire? Sorry to nose in on the thread. If there is no one that can sleeve it wouldcthe Toads ser up help me? Cheers Bob
 
Toad Hall`s set up, you might also find it by googling Steve Bookout, is a rifle set up. you will find the general info useful and interesting. I plan on building it because I want to, not to specifically save anything I own at present.
would definitely be overkill on a pistol barrel, especially one you would rather not ruin.
sleeving or lining is only something I would try personally on a barrel I wasn`t too attached to. the theory is easy, putting into practice is something else.
unless you`re like me and try it because someone said you couldn`t.

I dont know of anyone relining barrels as a business
 
Thanks, I found Rusty wood in BC so far, it will cost a good chunk of change $1000 minimum, will have to think about that. Maybe I will send the gun to jethunter to look over and makes sure I get the right bullets for it. Better safe than sorry and risk losing a nice short barrelled antique!
 
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