Artillery Barrel Specs???

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by John Sabato

I am very interested in how you intend to cut the remainder of the front barrel band... and then then merge it with the small end of the barrel taper... take plenty of photos please including the actual cutting operation...

Kind of hard to do...while cutting...oily hands, concentration, paranoia...

But I shortened the front sight base a little; cut back the front of the rear sight base; turned the threaded portion back to specs & finish reamed the chamber; and finally cut the taper...The taper came out very good...