Reboring a rusty barrel

labrat · Wednesday at 3:16 PM

I have a Pedisoli 50 cal rifle with a badly pitted barrel. The rifle is in good shape and I would like to fix it. A friend suggested to have the barrel bored out to be a smooth bore, 54 cal. which I wouldn't mind having. My question is would I need to send it to someone knowledgeable in muzzleloaders or would any machine shop do the job? Would the flash hole need to be removed? Anyone have an idea of the cost to have it done? ............labrat

2 shots · Wednesday at 3:40 PM

bobby hoyt.

SDSmlf · Wednesday at 3:47 PM

labrat said:
I have a Pedisoli 50 cal rifle with a badly pitted barrel. The rifle is in good shape and I would like to fix it. A friend suggested to have the barrel bored out to be a smooth bore, 54 cal. which I wouldn't mind having. My question is would I need to send it to someone knowledgeable in muzzleloaders or would any machine shop do the job? Would the flash hole need to be removed? Anyone have an idea of the cost to have it done? ............labrat

Bobby Hoyt has done a number of barrel rebores for me. Though it’s been a while, I’d figure $150 for a rifled bore, smooth bore, significantly less, but you would need to check on cost. Below is his contact information.

Bobby Hoyt
Freischutz Shop
2379 Mt Hope Rd
Fairfield, PA 17320
ph# 717-642-6696

Call him early in the day, 8-9 o’clock. Don’t get discouraged if he doesn’t answer immediately.

Daryl Crawford · Wednesday at 3:48 PM

Definitely contact Bobby Hoyt. He's probably the leader in refinishing bores.

akroguy · Wednesday at 3:53 PM

Or, shoot the snot out of it and see how it goes? I have a milsurp Mosin rifle with a dark bore that is amazingly accurate.

bldtrailer · Wednesday at 4:22 PM

yup I have three rebores from B Hoyt ask him about his gain twist

these are rebored 1-56 below are gain twist

gain twist sight in target s group to left moved sight hit center

the bottom barrel is a rebore gain twist 50-54 lyman great plains rifle the brown is a gain twist 54 made for me

R Ellis · Wednesday at 7:03 PM

You will love a smoothbore . Bobby did one for me about three years ago for $60 but most likely will be more now.

gemmer · Thursday at 8:29 AM

If the barrel is 7/8" across the flats, Bobby won't fresh it out to .54 cal.

LME · Thursday at 8:51 AM

bldtrailer said:
yup I have three rebores from B Hoyt ask him about his gain twist View attachment 361885 View attachment 361886these are rebored 1-56 below are gain twistView attachment 361888 View attachment 361889gain twist sight in target s group to left moved sight hit centerView attachment 361890the bottom barrel is a rebore gain twist 50-54 lyman great plains rifle the brown is a gain twist 54 made for me

Your targets are nice and above average! I bet you were a little surprised at how well those barrels worked?LOL!

Rebel bull · Thursday at 9:10 AM

Me Im in the shoot the hell out of it then scrub with a scotch brite pad on a jag then go back and shoot the hell out of it again by the time you do this 3-4 times and have 20-30 rounds down range you might find that it’s more accurate than you can hold offhand. The grand kids “ mares leg” is like that if you looked down the bore yould think You were looking at a sewer pipe from down town NY but I can put it on the bench and get a group that’s almost touching with 20 grns of 3 f and a.010” wonder lube patch and a .490 ball at 25 yds just saying

labrat · Thursday at 9:10 AM

Just found a nearby shop that can do the job for me. This rifle won't see very much use by me. I would just like to fix the rifle properly so I won't have to worry about the rust coming back. Thanks very much for the feedback........labrat

LME · Thursday at 9:26 AM

Has anyone tried electrolysis to get rid of rust? I use it and it works great! Rust can't hide from the electrolysis method!

reddogge · Thursday at 10:15 AM

Rust on one thing but deep pitting is something else. Nothing will remove that.

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