Artillery Barrel Specs???

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Rick W.

...I do enjoy Luger barrels from scratch too. I have shot my own renditions from 5" to 14" lengths, all in 30 caliber; 30 Luger and wildcats thereof...

I like doing wildcats...I have a Colt Gov't Model in 38/45 Clerke and a S&W N-frame in .357/44 magnum...and this Broomhandle, in .256 Winchester Magnum/7.63mm Mauser...I cut down a .223 Remington case and run it through a shortened .256 Win Mag die to make the cartridges...barrel blank, like most all of mine, is from Numrich, many years ago...

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Got a couple of little things finished...Cut a couple scallops in the rear sight base sides to mimic the LP08 base; re-cut the front sight ramp (I had used 60�º instead of the 40�º called for in the blueprints; I settled for 45�º); cut the muzzle back; re-cut the sight arc...

...It's getting there...

End of my vacation today; work will go slowly from here on...

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Rick W.

I have a set of B&D dies, but not executed a 27 conversion yet, maybe someday.

Mine is not the Bain & Davis; it's the .44 Mag brass run through a .357 Automag die. I used to have an Automag with both .357 and .44 Automag barrels; ran a couple shells through the .357 Automag dies and then had Clymer (back when the family still ran the business) grind me a reamer. Did a couple N-frame cylinders; worked out real well.

Always wondered how the Clerke would feed, hear about them from time to time, guess ok.

Not so good...It takes a lot of experimentation to get the ramp and mag right...I still don't have it right...

In the Luger realm, I seem to be given a few 30 and 303Brit caliber rifle take off barrels now and then, so hence the 30 caliber Luger attempts here...I finally got tired of losing all of the real 30 Luger brass($$$) at the indoor range, and worked with the 9mmx19 necked up to 30 caliber that was posted here some years ago by a forum member across the pond....

That's the 9 x 19 brass run through a .30 Luger die??? I might try that...I've been making my .30 Luger cartridges from .223 Remington brass cut down & run through the .30 Luger dies...I did the same thing with the 7.63mm Broomhandle...

Pic attached...Stripper clip of Rube Goldberg 7.63mm Broomhandle (made from .223 Rem); one of the 7.63mm Broomhandle/Rube Goldberg cartridges; one 38/45 Clerke; a 357/44 bottleneck hull; and a loaded 357/44 bottleneck...

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Continuing on my never-ending quest to get a long barrel on my commercial P-08...

Clockwise from top left - I decided to shorten the FN Mauser M24/30 rear sight to more the length of the LP-08 Luger...Milled 3/8" off the front; cut the slots with a keyway cutter; milled the front to 3/8" width for my sight base; the completed shortened sight leaf/slider compared to an unmodified C96 sight; my rounded muzzle; the tool bits used for the taper and the muzzle contouring; and in the center, how the barrel looks now.

My grinding wheel didn't have a very good round corner, so I had to do a bit of filing/sanding to get the muzzle to look rounded...and I had to mill off a couple sight leaf numbers so the leaf wouldn't look too odd...also the sight base had to be recontoured so the shortened sight would slip in and be capable of elevating...

I'm trying to locate a receiver/barrel extension/slide (choose one) so I don't have to give up my 30 cal barrel...I'll make a couple calls tomorrow and see if I can scrape one up...