metal Lathe work

lugerholsterrepair · 05-07-2011, 05:37 PM

GT. I am always amazed by your skills!

I had a Colt .45 aquire a bulge in the barrel with complete failure of of the weapon with a massive jam. The recoil spring was hung up on the bulge! I managed to get it all apart after some struggle..I have a home machine shop that would make BUBBA proud so I chucked the barrel in my drill press and filed down the bulge untill the spring would pass. The pistol would shoot normally..you wouldn't know it was ever bulged but I was uncomfortable with it as I put thousands of rounds thru my .45 shooter so I eventually found and bought a new barrel. Looking down the barrel you could see the stress marks on the inside.

Gt..Your fix makes a lot more sense! Congratulations on a job well done!

05-07-2011, 05:37 PM	#16
lugerholsterrepair Moderator Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Arizona/Colorado Posts: 7,775 Thanks: 4,995 Thanked 3,133 Times in 1,439 Posts	GT. I am always amazed by your skills! I had a Colt .45 aquire a bulge in the barrel with complete failure of of the weapon with a massive jam. The recoil spring was hung up on the bulge! I managed to get it all apart after some struggle..I have a home machine shop that would make BUBBA proud so I chucked the barrel in my drill press and filed down the bulge untill the spring would pass. The pistol would shoot normally..you wouldn't know it was ever bulged but I was uncomfortable with it as I put thousands of rounds thru my .45 shooter so I eventually found and bought a new barrel. Looking down the barrel you could see the stress marks on the inside. Gt..Your fix makes a lot more sense! Congratulations on a job well done! __________________ Jerry Burney 11491 S. Guadalupe Drive Yuma AZ 85367-6182 lugerholsterrepair@earthlink.net 928 342-7583 (CO & AZ) Year Round 719 207-3331 (cell) "For those who Fight For It, Life has a flavor the protected will never know."