Alternative Artillery Barrel Fabrication

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by newluger

Does the part need to be heat treated?

I really don't know...It's never been brought up in any of my gunsmithing books...(Wood, Nonte, Mitchell)...

None of the rifle barrels I've worked on over the years have been heat treated...Enfield, Mauser, Colt, Ruger...and AFAIK none of the pistols...Revolver or semi-auto...

This 'blank' is from Numrich...

I don't plan on doing any heat treatment...If you start out with good steel, heat treat shouldn't be necessary...IMHO...

[adowns]

I was about to ask how you cut the riflings in the barrel, but your last post says you used an MG barrel as your starting point. Is the twist rate compatable?

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by adowns

I was about to ask how you cut the riflings in the barrel, but your last post says you used an MG barrel as your starting point. Is the twist rate compatable?

Sorry; wrong blank! My bad! I used the 30 cal MG barrel blank in another project [Broomhandle Mauser]. This was a 1 3/16" dia no-name blank from Numrich.

I'm not too fussy about twist; I reload, and tailor my loads to the individual weapon being used, for these special one-off projects. Pretty much whatever is available is 'good enough' for me.

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Heat treating of the barrel steel is not required. Rich, the next time you do a front sight base please do a video of the machining process.

Difficult to shoot pics and machine at the same time...and video would probably take longer than my digi-cam memory chip would allow...

Absolute genius IMHO!

"Dummies In Action!" was our motto at Kimberly-Clark...

If you end up hosting your photos over on CNCguns...

I can stash the pics on PhotoBucket & link them; I owe the guys at CNCGuns a thread like this one...but I can do two; not a biggie...

P.S. Make a second barrel & sell it and use the money to get you a broadband internet connection!

It's a long story, but my heavily wooded rural area does not have broadband support.