shot out barrels.........any re-use??

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ok i just restored a couple of sporter norwegian krag rifles, 6.5mm cal.
1 needed a new barrel. its original was shot out / bullet boat tailed all the time.
i am into muzzleloaders, an read that when worn out, the trapper or ?? would get a gun smith to FRESH his barrel, that is bore it an re-rifle it to the next larger calibre.............like 45 to 50, or 50 cal restored to 54, ect.
just curios , can such a thing ( freshing )be done in the modern gun calibres? if yes would it be cost effective?
i know many military 7mm mausers were changed to 7.62 , or 30-06 but can a worn out barrel as i describe, be saved?
just curios..........not planning to do it.
 
Some barrels can be restored by recutting the chamber further in and also possibly shortening them at the muzzle. If the wear is erosion at the breach area, the rechambering will help. It all depends on the nature of the wear.
 
"...would it be cost effective?..." Nope. The machining cost alone would be more than the rifle is worth. Plus the need for accurate deep hole reaming and re-rifling. Slug the bore though. It may not be as far gone as you may think. How's the rifling look?
 
The cost of what you are trying to do, would be more than the gun is worth.
I know someone that cuts old barrels into pieces and uses them for pillars when pillar bedding a rifle.
Or you could use the old barrel for a tomato stake or a jack handle. Lots of things you could use it for, if you want to re-cycle.
 
for the norwegian krag, why nottry to find a new in the white swedish M96 barrel? there where a few on here not to long ago for about $100 each
 
There are a few gunsmiths in the USA that specialize in reboring and rifling. It is generally cheaper to rebarrel a rifle now, but it hasn't always been that way. Most rebored rifles now are high end sporters. The last rebored rifle that I saw was a vintage Rigby that the owner wanted the same barrel and sights.

It is relatively easy to rebore and put in a rifled liner for rimfire or low pressure pistol catridges. I've relined a couple of shot out rimfires for myself.
 
kevin.303 said:
for the norwegian krag, why nottry to find a new in the white swedish M96 barrel? there where a few on here not to long ago for about $100 each
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so a m-96 barrel will thread onto a krag action ? or must it be modified /re threaded ect. to fit??
 
Barrels can be bored out, re-lined to the original bore size and re-rifled. This can be done when it is important to maintain a barrel profile that can't simply be replicated on a lathe from a blank, e.g. with a bayonet lug. Some militaries did this to old large bore blackpowder guns to convert them to smaller bore smokeless, e.g. the Italian Vetterli 1870/87/15, but it is probably not economically feasible for a sporting firearm, except for a very expensive one.

In the case of a restoration like yours, if the firearm was so rare that the barrel had to be restored, you are better off to leave it, as it is not likely a shooter (not the case I think). If not so rare (and a shooter), you would look for another barrel like you did.
 
NB.nagantsniper said:
so a m-96 barrel will thread onto a krag action ? or must it be modified /re threaded ect. to fit??
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no it won't thread, needs to be rethreaded. but i borrowed a Krag with just such work done on it, amazing accuracy
 
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