barrel

Looking for advice/information on getting a replacement barrel for my old CVA Optima Pro Magnum, .50 Cal. Long story short, let a friend borrow it to shoot and they never cleaned it. I found out 6 months later and it was far too late to salvage the barrel at that point...

Hello! Been some time since I've used this forum or short some black powder. I do unfortunately need some help. Essentially I went out to the range on June 22nd and brought my Pennsylvania rifle to have some fun with it. I shot a lot of rounds and got it really dirty. Not a big deal ill clean it...

Thanks for reading. I am looking to build a smoothbore .35 caliber 10 inch barrel black powder firearm using 316 or 304 stainless steel. What would be the appropriate barrel thickness?

As the title says, I'm after a 12 inch navy barrel for my pietta. With or without loading lever! If you're looking to sell or know someone who is, please reach out! Thanks all -Poke

Hello, I need a barrel for my CVA Hawken rifle in .50 Cal. It’s 15/16”, 28” long with a button tang, but I would also be interested in one with a hook, I would just swap the tang. Percussion, in new condition or gently used.

Picked up a used Cabala's Hawkin 50 cal a short time back. It went to the gun safe for storage. Drug it out last night to look down the barrel. And what might appear to be a mistake on my part I purchased a digital bore scope. If you think your barrels are clean you aught too peek down the bore...

Hello Everyone, I'm not sure if I'm over thinking this or not, but I had a question about cleaning a barrel with a threaded breech plug. My method for cleaning barrels is to completely remove it from the rifle, stick the aft end into a sink full of hot soapy water, and then use the plunger...

Hello All, I have a few other threads regarding using LMF for rust bluing but thought I'd tackle this question with a new thread. I'm hoping I can get some opinions on the attached image. The rest of the barrel has been sanded down to 400 grit but I have this weird "pit" near the back end of...

Hey Everyone! I'm putting together an old CVA Kentucky Rifle kit and had a question about the barrel pin diameter. I ordered new pins from Deer Creek (the kit didn't have any when I received it) but they seem awfully large. Especially when you compare it to the barrel tennons. The pins...

Looking for a cva barrel for a kentucky long rifle percussion in .45 cal need to finish a project I started

According to this experiment Educational Zone #66 - Shooting a Black Powder Pistol - The Box O' Truth A philadelphia derringer (3” barrel) loaded with 40 grains of BP is as powerful as a Kentucky pistol (10” barrel) loaded with 40 grains of BP. ”With a standard load, the Derringer was a weak...

I have a 1851 pieta navy BP revolver. When I first got it, the barrel came off the cylinder pin easily when wedge was removed. After firing it about 60 times, the barrel comes off the cylinder pin until the last 1/2 inch where it sticks and requires a lot of effort to remove. I thought it was...

I’ve seen old black powder revolvers with very thin cylinder wall thickness, like these cylinders for example: and this pepperbox has also resonable thin walls: Back in the days the quality of the steel was inferior, so it got me to wounder about the steels of today. What’s the minimum...

I am looking for a replacement .50cal percussion (right hand) barrel for a Lyman Great Plains Rifle. 1:60” preferably, but will take a 1:32” as well.

A month ago I was on a quest to find a way to both see deeply into the bore of a .54 barrel, and access it to fix any problems without removing the barrel and breech plug from the stock. The issue has been blown patches and increasingly bad accuracy, after the rifle first debuted with excellent...

This is for the bare barrel with Plug only. No sights, Rib, under lug. Selling because I am having a custom barrel made. Finish is about 95% Bore is Very Good. No Rust $120 Shipped More pic available upon request

Looking for a 50 cal. barrel for the Hopkins & Allen underhammer rifle receiver, Breech plug is 5/8 inch in diameter. Thanks