Buckeye Barrels?

[xbowman]

I see that barrels from Chambers are barrels made by Buckeye. Anyone have opinions on these barrels?

Thanks, xbowman

 

[tallbear]

Buckeye just distributes the barrels.The barrels are made by Rice,Getz and Ed Rayl.All well respected barrel makers.
Mitch

 

[davy]

I see that barrels from Chambers are barrels made by Buckeye. Anyone have opinions on these barrels?

Thanks, xbowman

I just read somewhere here ... that those barrels are sold by Chamber's daughter Barbara who runs the Buckeye business ... honestly do not know about the quality of these barrels ... but Chambers is certainly well known for quality.

Davy

 

They pretty much stick with Getz and Rice. I think they list Longhammock barrels on the site as well, but not sure if they offer those any longer. LC Rice lives up the road from them, and she is now the exclusive distributor of Rice barrels if I'm not mistaken.

My kit came with a gorgeous 44" Getz barrel that I have not shot yet, but have no doubt it will be wonderful when I do.

 

[xbowman]

If I may ask, what kit did you get and how much was done before you got it. All you can tell me about yours would be greatly appreciated. Chambers is one of the kits I have been looking at for a kit.

Thanks, xbowman

 

[patch knife]

Excuse me for butting in , but I have the Kentucky pistol kit from Chambers and IMO they are first class . My next kit gun will also be a Chambers :thumbsup: . I've put together kits from CVA , TC , Pedersoli and my first kit was a piece of junk from Brazil . If this is your first kit , I would advise you to get a Pedersoli pistol kit , they are relitively inexpensive and are easy to build . On the Chambers kit , all of the inleting and shaping of the stock is about 90% done , but you will need to do the final fitting . You will also have to drill all of the holes in the stock , and drill and thread the holes in the lockplate and triggerplate , drill the hole for the tang bolt , drill the holes for the sideplate , etc. I strongly recomend that you get two books , Recreating the American Longrifle and The Art of Building the Pennsylvania Longrifle (you can get both from Track of the Wolf) . Get , and read them both before you start to build your gun , so that you will have a good understanding of what to do , and more importantly , what not to do (such as , drillng your front lock bolt into the ramrod channel) some screw ups can be a real pain to fix . Keep reading the posts here on the Builders Bench , you can learn alot here , and there is always someone here who can help you . Building a Chambers kit ain't rocket science , but is more involved than a Pedersoli or CVA kit .

 

[aragorn]

I strongly recommend Chambers too. My York has been a great build so far. I'd also recommend the video/DVD that Chambers offers. It's not rocket science, but will take a lot of time and patience, with much to learn from this forum, the books and the video. My barrel is a Rice, which was what Chambers offered me. Call them and you'll get great advice.

 

I have the Early Lancaster kit.

The stock was probably 95% inletted. It's their standard wood, which is probably equal to a grade 5 from anybody else. You have to square off the end of the barrel channel where the breech is, and inlet the tang. Inletting the lock and sideplate, and the trigger plate are a piece of cake, as the pre-inlet mortices are extremely close.

The barrel comes dovetailed for everything except the rear sight. However... if you ask, and tell them where you want it, I'm sure you could get Jim to dovetail the rear sight as well, as he did that for me, although, I was there when he did it. You will have to clean up the dovetails with a safe-sided triangle file, just a tiny little bit. You will have to cut the slots for the underlugs in the stock, and drill them for the barrel pins. You will have to inlet the ramrod pipes and the end of the stock for the muzzlecap. You will also have to fit the buttplate (the hardest part of the build in my opinion). That end-grain wood on the butt is just a real PITA to work with.

Mine came with the wooden patchbox kit, which I have not installed yet, but shouldn't be too difficult, as it's already dovetailed into the stock, I just have to shape it up and tack some brass onto the end of it, then add the little release.

Once I've finished adding the hardware, sanding and shaping the stock will be a piece of cake as it's already so close to finished. There's one small block of wood to remove just in front of the lock that is used to hold the gun in a vise while you're working on it. The rest will just be sanding.

The DVD helps a lot... as do the recommended books up above. I would also recommend The Gunsmith of Grenville County, an excellent book on this stuff as well.

I hope this helps. If you have any more questions, please feel free to ask.

Here's a couple of pictures of my progress if you're interested:

 

[xbowman]

Thank you, your comments were really informative and your build is looking good. I am sure I will be asking more questions in the near future.
xbowman