GUNSMITHING AND TOOL MAKING BIBLE
This is very important as when you are rifling a barrel the rod is pulling straight, instead of an angle. This is very important ...
If you plan to rifle barrels over 30 calibers, I would suggest using a rifling head. My rifling machine had a variable speed, he ...
The best lubricant that I have found is MolyKote Z, made by Dow Corning Corp, Midland, Mich. This can be purchase in various for ...
DO NOT STOP ONCE YOU STARTED, AS WHEN YOU START UP AGAIN YOU WILL PROBABLY PULL THE BUTTON INTO. On the smaller caliber's you wi ...
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BENCH RIFLING We will look at the simplest type, the hand-rifling machine first. In this type, the most intricate fixture is the ...
Fastening the barrel muzzle-up, heat the barrel and the rod from the muzzle down to the packing point, with a torch until it is ...
A steel shaft will work much better. The steel shaft has a groove on the out side with spiral grooves and run through an indexin ...
The lathe should have a large hollow spindle, so the barrel can be passed through the spindle and held with the regular barrel c ...
bolted to the side of the head stock. At the head or gear end of the lathe, a gear is mounted on this shaft so that it meshes wi ...
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GUN BARREL STRAIGHTENING If your drill was properly sharpened a good starter bushing, and the starter bushing was in good alignm ...
out as much as 1/8 inch on the OD, even though the bore was straight. These barrels would walk as much as 6 inches at 100 yards ...
The oldest method employed by the old time barrel makers was to stretch a fine wire inside the barrel. This is stretch from one ...
straight. The rings will form a perfect circle around the bore. If this does not happen, release the pressure. Rotate or move th ...
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THREADING AND FITTING THE BARREL When you have finish turning the barrel, and double-checking it for straightness, it is time to ...
against the measurement of .062 that you turned on the thread shank. The thread shank should be .003 longer than the measurement ...
CHECKING THE HEAD SPACE When you get close, you will have to use the head space gauge. You will need to know what the correct he ...
POLISHING THE CHAMBER After the barrel is correctly head spaced, the chamber should be finely polished. This is done with the la ...
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