Here are some more pics about Great Trails, however, they concern the rifling demonstration we provide every year.
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That's Hank in WV admiring a small smattering of handmade guns on the wall.
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Hank, looking over the rifling machine used by Tom Oakes. That machine is set up to rifle a gain twist and that particular lead was set up to do a 1 turn in 94' to a 1 turn in 64".
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Tom working the machine.
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That's the index. The barrel is clamped in a tube and that whole tube is then turned so as to cut the next groove in sequence. That tube rotates from one groove to the next.
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That's Tom getting ready to rotate the barrel so he can start cutting the next groove. This particular barrel is a 50 caliber item that is 36" long and tapered. The breech is 15/16", while the muzzle is 3/4".
This machine (we call them rifling benches) was made by none other than Olie.
That's Hank in WV admiring a small smattering of handmade guns on the wall.
Hank, looking over the rifling machine used by Tom Oakes. That machine is set up to rifle a gain twist and that particular lead was set up to do a 1 turn in 94' to a 1 turn in 64".
Tom working the machine.
That's the index. The barrel is clamped in a tube and that whole tube is then turned so as to cut the next groove in sequence. That tube rotates from one groove to the next.
That's Tom getting ready to rotate the barrel so he can start cutting the next groove. This particular barrel is a 50 caliber item that is 36" long and tapered. The breech is 15/16", while the muzzle is 3/4".
This machine (we call them rifling benches) was made by none other than Olie.