Anyone else thinks this looks like crap?

[.36Rooster]

Quit. In this labor market you should be able to walk across the street and get hired...

Hey man, I agree, but this company is also investing in me by paying for quite a bit of education that i refuse to take out a loan for at this point in my life...a little bull seems like a pretty good deal to me in the long run...but this is off topic

 

[.36Rooster]

Hey man, I agree, but this company is also investing in me by paying for quite a bit of education that i refuse to take out a loan for at this point in my life...a little bull seems like a pretty good deal to me in the long run...but this is off topic

When you know what you want you also have to know what is worth putting up with to get it. Free education is never going to be pretty. But it is free and puts you ahead.

 

[MSW]

looks dreadful, but does it shoot straight?

 

[toot]

just cut it back past the part that you don't like!

 

[PathfinderNC]

A little Bondo body filler in that wonky hole will fix er right up

 

[Josephg]

Make it round with a vise or set it on an anvil and whack it with a four pound hammer till it's round again. or get a new barrel or cut it off till you find a round part. Or cone it, or sell it or part it out. Do something. We can't fix it for you on the internet. You have to do it. Or just don't shoot anything beyond eight yards.

 

[Whughett]

I’m a little confused here, but at my age I got an excuse.
In three post you’ve bragged, excuse me wrong phrase, boasted, no thats wrong too, allowed as to, how accurate the pistol is and how well it shoots. What’s the problem.

 

[Brokennock]

This pistol is more than well used and has been for several years

I often read (with some level of doubt) people talk of wearing or damaging a muzzle with cleaning or loading rods.
Could that be the case here?

I have seen modern revolver cylinders that were not cut square (one of many quality issues from a brand who shares a name with a car) and the holes did not look like ovals, I really don't think being out of square is the issue.
I do think either cutting back or replacing the barrel are your only options. Problem with cutting this one back is that you don't know how deep that problem goes. It may be so deep as to make cutting it a pointless waste of time and energy.

Does Numrich have a replacement barrel? Other online sources for even a whole "parts case" gun?

 

[Josephg]

I’m a little confused here, but at my age I got an excuse.
In three post you’ve bragged, excuse me wrong phrase, boasted, no thats wrong too, allowed as to, how accurate the pistol is and how well it shoots. What’s the problem.

Oh, he's worried about looks. Well, don't show it to anyone! Problem solved.

 

[Brokennock]

Wow! A guy can't even ask for an opinion without some @$$}{○£ responses.
If someone comes looking for help, or helpful opinions, or affirmation of something they are second guessing, and one can't offer something helpful,,,,, maybe one should shut the heck up.

 

[user 51067]

Ah, it's a revolver (by the looks of it. I think your dilemma is more of a visual illusion than an actual problem. The metal in those things is relatively soft, and just cleaning the barrel with something harder (like a steel ramrod) can cause obturation over time (10 years). If the accuracy isn't suffering then it is just cosmetic. If it ain't broke, don't fix it. Making it "pretty" might just make it a better "wall hanger."

 

[Josephg]

Take it to a gunsmith. If it were mine and I wanted it round I would squeeze it in a vice or whack in with a hammer on the anvil. Use a set of calipers to make sure its perfect. If the muzzle is worn out of round cut it off and file it square.

 

[bptactical]

That’s not damage from a cleaning rod, it’s a factory defect that never should have made it past QC.
When a barrel is bored there is a certain amount of “runout” of the bore to be expected at the ends of the bore because the tool is unsupported.
General rule of thumb is to always cut the ends of a barrel back an inch or so when your barreling.
On short barrels such as a pistol the barrels are cut from a long blank that that is rifled.
Im going to guess this particular pistols barrel was taken from the end of the blank.

 

[sawyer04]

wouldn't be a little ram rod wear, would it? All be it bp makes a valid point.

 

[Tenring]

I had an old navy arms that looked like that years ago it shot like it was supposed to with no problem, but I do have a friend that makes long range rifle barrels for modern bolt actions and he told me that if a barrel is not secure at the beginning of the boring proses not the rifling that the boring bit will wonder out of true as to an egg shape one inch per say until it gains enough security and rights itself. Hope this helped.

 

[ord sgt]

Would a simple crowning job fix something that far off, or would i actually need to cut the muzzle a 16th" shorter, to. Square it up and recrown? It seems pretty far off to me as it is now...

That was my first thought. Recrown the muzzle slightly and look at the muzzle under a bright light. If it looks rough, polish the crown. Be sure to stay clear of the lands and grooves. Then, run some patches through the barrel. Shoot the firearm.

 

[Billy Boy]

My thought is the barrel blank was drilled, and then cut to length, which was not square. The reason i think so is that this barrel is offered in lengths from 12" down to 4 3/4", and they are likely just cut down from a 12" blank after drilling.not cutting the muzzle to square would definitely result in ovalness, in varying degrees depending on how bad it is out of square...right?

I agree, in another life I did many screw-in choke jobs on heathen (modern) shotguns. It was difficult to know if the ID of the bore and the OD of the barrel were consistent full length or just near the muzzle.

 

[golden sky]

chuck it in a lathe and take off 1/8"

 

[SOLANCO]

Elmer's and some bailing wire will fix just about anything .

That, and duct tape.

 

[Rich44]

Very hard for me to form an opinion. As a picture showing the muzzle of a barrel to show out of roundness would need the camera dead center with the bore and not canted. Not sure if the picture truly represents the condition. But if it shoots great then what the heck, show the target and brag about your skills in shooting such a weapon.