My first gunsmith work!

[lovemachine]

My uncle recently bought a new .45 caliber barrel for a muzzleloader. He also had a very worn down old barrel that wasn't being used.

He asked me to shorten the new barrel, and install the front and rear sight and the "mounts" from the old barrel onto the new one.

It was fun, and I hope to do a little more work like that in the future.

Here's some bad cell phone pictures of the work.

 

[threefiftyfour]

you didn't use the tape gun to hold it together did you?

 

[lovemachine]

you didn't use the tape gun to hold it together did you?

Whatever works

 

[lovemachine]

Just bumping this up 'cause I had fun doing it. Took some time to cut the dovetail

 

[backfire]

 

[brandonq2]

I'm curious as to what all was involved in this project. I'm assuming you started with just a barrel blank, what kind of machinery did you use to cut/crown the barrel, and how did you cut the dovetail?

I love doing projects like this, and I'd really appreciate more details. Looks like a job well done.

 

[lovemachine]

I'm curious as to what all was involved in this project. I'm assuming you started with just a barrel blank, what kind of machinery did you use to cut/crown the barrel, and how did you cut the dovetail?

I love doing projects like this, and I'd really appreciate more details. Looks like a job well done.

Horizontal saw to chop the barrel. I used a lathe to turn the barrel down to size and to chamfer both ends.

And I used an old Bridgeport mill to do the dovetail, and to drill and tap the holes.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Awesome. Looks like really nice work. What speed were you spinning the dovetail cutter?

 

[drillsgt]

Nice job, looks good.

 

[Fordtough25]

Nice work, looks like you took the time to get it right.

 

[SEIndSAM]

you didn't use the tape gun to hold it together did you?

Don't be silly. Everyone knows that you use the tape gun to reattach the barrel to the stock.

 

[lovemachine]

Awesome. Looks like really nice work. What speed were you spinning the dovetail cutter?

Honestly, I really don't remember. I just set it where it seemed to be the best all around speed. I didn't want to burn up my cutter.

 

[IndyGunworks]

Honestly, I really don't remember. I just set it where it seemed to be the best all around speed. I didn't want to burn up my cutter.

Just wondering... those dovetail cutters can fly apart if you spin them to fast. I think brownells reccomends turning their HSS cutters at less than 700 RPM which is SLOW. alot slower than what most people think they need to be.

nothing like watching a 50 dollar tool fall apart right in front of you.