Barrel Drawings/blueprints

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Rick W.

I think I would hold my breath every time I made a pass with that little dovetail cutter, knowing the costs. I think I would put a straight mill thru first to help out...

Definitely!

That is exactly what I do...And then use an undersized dovetail cutter (3/16" in the case of Luger/Walther) and conventional mill the first side (there will be a bit of climb milling on the other side, but this is pretty much unavoidable with a dovetail cutter) and then conventional mill the other side...Using only the sides of the dovetail cutter to actually cut (the bottom is already cut with the end mill)...

I just ordered Harvey's 40º x 3/16" dovetail cutter...