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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 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 V8013-R |
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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. |
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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 V8013-R 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). ------- 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. |
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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 V8013-R 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 |
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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. snip ================= 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 -- Unka' George "Gold is the money of kings, silver is the money of gentlemen, barter is the money of peasants, but debt is the money of slaves" -Norm Franz, "Money and Wealth in the New Millenium" |
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