6" .30 Luger barrel, 1900 style

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Ron Wood

Wow, beautiful! It didn't take you long to knock that out! Do you have to harden the cutting edges?

I have two thoughts on that -

(1) Better that it re-forms the thread, not cut more off. Work it in & out, with oil, repeatedly. Use polishing compound if necessary.

(2) The barrel steel is pretty soft; I don't know if it will harden...And I would probably lose the 'edge' of the 6 grooves if I heat it...

If you want to try it, shoot me an address & I'll get it out to you.