1900AE Re-cut Rifling?

[G.T.]

Hi Dwight! Just about anything can be accomplished if you have enough time, money and tools! (we will leave skill out of the equation for the time being!) I think that what you suggest could probably be done several ways.... all of them difficult, but not necessarily expensive.... all of these ideas, are what would cross my mind, if I had the only pistol left in the world, and it had no rifling....
1) make a short (Button) broach out of tool steel, using another .30 luger barrel for a reference, (So there are now two left in the world!) with the narrower lands and wider grooves... And press this through the barrel from the chamber end forward, letting the existing rifling, and the pitch on the broach, control the twist....you would most likly have to have successive sizes to make it work...only broaching a few thousands at a time! 2) mount the barrel in a fixture that has the ability to index... then using a rod into which is cut the correct helix,(a simple pin would index the helix) mount a rod that is bore diameter with a single cutter that you can drive through, remove, reindex, and drive through again. Continuing until all the lands have been cut equally! I'll bet you could do a pretty bang up job, just like they did 200+ years ago.... stability is the key.... and time...till...later...G.T. <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" /> <img src="graemlins/jumper.gif" border="0" alt="[jumper]" />