Speaking of Building a Gun in the Garage... Rifling?
 

Does anyone out there actually have the tools and know-how to rifle the ID
of a barrel?

If someone truly wanted to build a home-made weapon, could the process of
making the ID of the barrel rifling be farmed out?

How would you do it?

Any old sod can build a smooth bore barrel IMHO. ...Well, any old
metalworking sod. :)

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022 x113
01.908.542.0244
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Speaking of Building a Gun in the Garage... Rifling?
 

Joe AutoDrill wrote:
Does anyone out there actually have the tools and know-how to rifle the ID
of a barrel?

If someone truly wanted to build a home-made weapon, could the process of
making the ID of the barrel rifling be farmed out?

How would you do it?

Any old sod can build a smooth bore barrel IMHO. ...Well, any old
metalworking sod. :)

You might like this:

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...achine-126815/

I've thought about building some sort of .22LR pistol
and have decided that I'd just use Brownell's barrel
liners.

Speaking of Building a Gun in the Garage... Rifling?
 

On 10/17/2011 3:05 PM, Joe AutoDrill wrote:
Does anyone out there actually have the tools and know-how to rifle the ID
of a barrel?

If someone truly wanted to build a home-made weapon, could the process of
making the ID of the barrel rifling be farmed out?

How would you do it?

Any old sod can build a smooth bore barrel IMHO. ...Well, any old
metalworking sod. :)

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022 x113
01.908.542.0244
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-HQ.com
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://www.Drill-HQ.com/?page_id=226
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AutoDrill
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/AutoDrill


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The same places that make gun drills (a machine kinda-sorta like a
lathe, but not quite) also make and sell rifling machines (for cutting
rifling).

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There are about a half-dozen /common/ ways to produce rifling in a
barrel, but the easiest one to do at home is the oldest
method--cutting--which is done by dragging a single-edge cutter back and
forth through the bore, as it is rotated by a stationary screw. The
grooves are each cut separately so if you want six grooves and lands,
then you cut one groove, rotate the barrel 60 degrees, cut another
groove, and so on.

Other methods like broaching, hammer-forging ect require big & expensive
industrial equipment not usually practical for the home machinist to
own. Only gun manufacturers can typically afford that stuff.

Speaking of Building a Gun in the Garage... Rifling?
 

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:05:36 -0400, "Joe AutoDrill"
wrote:

Does anyone out there actually have the tools and know-how to rifle the ID
of a barrel?

If someone truly wanted to build a home-made weapon, could the process of
making the ID of the barrel rifling be farmed out?

How would you do it?

Any old sod can build a smooth bore barrel IMHO. ...Well, any old
metalworking sod. :)

Regards,
Joe Agro, Jr.
(800) 871-5022 x113
01.908.542.0244
Flagship Site: http://www.Drill-HQ.com
Automatic / Pneumatic Drills: http://www.AutoDrill.com
Multiple Spindle Drills: http://www.Multi-Drill.com
Production Tapping: http://www.Drill-HQ.com/?page_id=226
VIDEOS: http://www.youtube.com/user/AutoDrill
FACEBOOK: http://www.facebook.com/AutoDrill
TWITTER: http://twitter.com/AutoDrill


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For really old technology, look up the Foxfire books. Blacksmithing
and gun making were in one of the first five, I believe. Fellow used
a small metal cutter gradually shimmed out with paper. Guide was
wood. The article also showed how to construct the wooden guide by
laying out the twist with paper, then whittling it out.

For myself, it looked like too much work unless no other technology
was available.

Pete Keillor

Pete Keillor

Speaking of Building a Gun in the Garage... Rifling?
 

A real metalworking post!!!

On Mon, 17 Oct 2011 16:05:36 -0400, "Joe AutoDrill"
wrote:

Does anyone out there actually have the tools and know-how to rifle the ID
of a barrel?

If someone truly wanted to build a home-made weapon, could the process of
making the ID of the barrel rifling be farmed out?

How would you do it?

Any old sod can build a smooth bore barrel IMHO. ...Well, any old
metalworking sod. :)
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see
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks6/rifle/index.html
http://www.lindsaybks.com/bks10/rifles/index.html
http://www.brownells.com/.aspx/pid=1...BARREL-AT-HOME

http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...achine-126815/
http://bbs.homeshopmachinist.net/showthread.php?t=32026
http://firearmsid.com/Feature%20Arti...anufacture.htm
http://www.trackofthewolf.com/catego...Support=1&as=1
http://www.chaski.com/homemachinist/...p?f=10&t=84686
http://www.sporterizing.com/index.php?showtopic=1311


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