freshening barrel

[oomcurt]

I think this post is in the right place, least I hope so. I have a .54 cal Renegade...if in the future I would wish it to be rebored to a .58 is that possible or is it to little an increase?

Thanking those who reply.
Curt

 

[faw3]

any one ever put a liner in ? its a bunch cheaper.no one around here to do it right now for me.

 

[rich pierce]

To go from .54 to .58 would require complete boring out of the rifling and more. Freshening is a different process, involves re-cutting or deepening of the grooves with just a bit of reaming in some cases to smooth the tops of the lands. Custom work like boring and re-rifling is just naturally more expensive compared with buying a new barrel. Installing a .58 liner would require drilling a huge hole in there, also much work and I'd be concerened about drilling a .700 hole or so in a 1" barrel. I'm not sure what's available in replacement barrels but that would be my suggestion.

 

[Slamfire]

The guy who rebored my suppository rifle died, but any barrel maker has the necessary equipment to rebore barrels. That doesn't mean they'd take on the job, they might be too busy. :results:

 

[roundball]

I think this post is in the right place, least I hope so. I have a .54 cal Renegade...if in the future I would wish it to be rebored to a .58 is that possible or is it to little an increase?

Thanking those who reply.
Curt

As an alternative...and one that I can't imagine is more expensive than what you're thinking to do:

Buy a .58cal Green Mountain "drop-in" 1:70" round ball barrel for the Hawken / Renegade...about $160.

Or, buy a .58cal x 1:48" Renegade TC barrel from Fox Ridge for about $185 with lifetime warranty.

 

[Tahquamenon]

I'm with Roundball, I think you are best off going with a Green Mountain or T/C Drop in .58 barrel.

Certainly the there is enough material in your .54 1" barrel to bore and rifle it to .58 cal.

But i doubt if you could find someone to bore and re-rifle your barrel for equal or less than buying a new drop-in.

Or, watch ebay for used barrels. You can find them from time to time.

:m2c:

 

[faw3]

i put the liner question in not on a 58 or 54 but for 45 or 50. got a 50 1x66 want a 1x20 for 451 cal width is 15/16 and around here the only people to trust are moveing shop a old DGW cat wrote it as easy as falling off a log, that must be why they dont sell anything but 22s. just wondering what can go wrong if mch shop bores it out ect. thanks for any ideas even just Forget it!