Chrome or stainless barrel?

[Jaepheth]

Does anyone know of a Chrome lined or stainless barreled flintlock pistol? (I'm not the best at maintenance)
Or would this be a custom job?

Preferably in a .44 caliber (so I can use the same ammo as my rifle; in hindsight, I should have gotten a .45 rifle )

Could I get a .45 and line the barrel, or would chrome not be thick enough to get it down to a .44? Or perhaps could I add a stainless liner to a larger (.50 or .60 caliber) barrel and end up with a .44?

 

[FishDFly]

This should be an interesting discussion from folks with factual knowledge and not from those with assumptions not based without facts.

 

[pargent]

Get a blue or browned barrel , the reflection off the top of a shinny barrel makes sighting near impossible at times, learn to clean and maintain your guns it is easy once you get used to it .

 

[hawkeye2]

Forget it, chrome doesn't work that well in muzzleloading guns. Stainless would be very difficult to find except in revolvers. Lining the barrel would be quite expensive. Even if the rifle and pistol had the same size bore most people chose a smaller ball for the pistol for ease of loading.

 

[AZbpBurner]

Stainless steel doesn't guarantee immunity from damage by thoughtless or lax care. Once ss begins to corrode, it can quickly form deep and nasty pits with a vengeance.

 

[Alden]

You should go custom with that stainless flintlock pistol! Post the search here through the build, unboxing, and first day at the range!! Might be an article in it for you to be published in Black Powder Magazine!!!

hotoSmile:

 

[talon]

You can have a barrel custom made if you are willing to pay for it.

 

[Stubert]

You're still going to have to clean the non stainless parts, Cleaning the barrel is the easiest part.

 

[Drago]

You will still have to keep it clean or it will corrode. Stainless will rust, or all the Rugar Old Army shooters would'nt clean their Stainless ones. I keep mine clean. I bet it will affect chrome to sooner or later. They are not that hard to clean and it lets you check all the parts while you have it apart.

 

[robinsroost]

Remember, It is stain-less, not stain proof, you still have to keep it clean and oiled. If you find this concept difficult, perhaps muzzleloading is not for you...........Robin

 

[Zonie]

To reduce your .45 caliber guns bore to .44 caliber, .005 thick plating would be required.

The plating company would probably plate the bore with around .003 thick nickle plating and then plate that with .002 thick chrome plating.
The nickle will make a good base for the chrome and the thinner chrome plating will be less likely to chip.

This would work but you will need to find a good plating company to do the work.

Because the bore is a tube, it will tend to build up most of the plating thickness close to the open ends with substantially less plating thickness being deposited in the middle.
There are ways around this but the company needs to know what these are.

If they don't your barrels bore will be a loose fit in the middle and tight at the muzzle and breech.

The easiest way around this is to do as the others have suggested.
Consider cleaning the gun to be part of the fun and challenge of shooting black powder and clean & oil the barrel within a few hours after your done shooting.

 

[cynthialee]

You could just use different size patches in the guns to make up for difference of size. You can use a .433 ball in a .44 or a .45 if you have the right patches.

 

[Poor Private]

Everyone is forgetting something.
You do not need to clean any of your weapons!!
Oh my did I just print something sacrilegious? I sure did. I have a solution for anyone Have someone else clean the weapon :blah: hahahahahah. Pay your son or daughter, or even your wife. How else are they going to know the care and feeding of a BP weapon? The cost in time and money figuring out a way to be lazy ain't worth it. If your not into cleaning a BP weapon, or any other weapon I don't believe shooting is for you.
I take pride in having the cleanest weapon in my civil war unit. Mine is never questioned about it's cleanliness. I have sent others back to camp because of an unfit weapon. Remember when you clean your weapon your also at the same time inspecting it for potential damage and current dammage.