Pedersoli Frontier Rifle -- Replacement Barrel

[4deer]

Hello,

Earlier this year I bought a Pedersoli Frontier Rifle Flintlock in .36 caliber. I really really love that gun. It seems way more accurate then my short 25" barrel CVA :grin:. My long term plan was to eventually contract someone for a custom long rifle for deer hunting. However, I keep thinking about how all the Frontiers have the exact same barrel size. Maybe just getting another barrel could keep me happy for a few more years and I could save up for a smooth bore in in long run instead.

Anyways, has anyone seen any places where they sell replacement barrels for the Frontier? I've Googled around some and have not seen that. I was thinking my other option would be to just buy a barrel and fit it with a tang that matches my stock and then thread the barrel for the two screws that attach it to the stock.

Any suggestions?

 

[Eric Krewson]

I suspect they come up on eBay every now and then, tons of barrels over there.

 

[nwtradegun]

have it rebored Robert Hoyt at the Freischutz Shop, 700 Fairfield Station Rd., Fairfield, Pa. 17320. His phone # 717-642-6696 He doesn't have a website or email

 

[Rusty_Nail]

Bobby has moved to a new location. Same phone number.

Bob Hoyt
2379 Mt Hope Rd
Fairfield, PA 17320-9756
(717)642-6696

 

[mooman76]

I wouldn't have a good barrel rebored just to have a different caliber especially a 36 which are getting harder to come by these days. Your best bet is like you thought, to get a blank barrel have it fit to your stock. You may have limitations though to your stock channel size. What does your 36 measure across the flats?

 

[Semisane]

Having gone the switch barrel route on more than one occasion, I've concluded that it's a far far better thing to go with a second gun. A new second barrel from Pedersoli in .50 or .54 caliber will run $400+ (if you can find a dealer who will order one for you). Switching barrels just seems to be less appealing once you have them, and you end up looking for a second stock for that extra barrel.

 

[BrownBear]

Switching barrels just seems to be less appealing once you have them, and you end up looking for a second stock for that extra barrel.

About a decade back a bud conceived a 12 gauge switch barrel, one smooth and one rifled, and got all the parts from TVM. Spent a couple of long years building it, and it turned out well. He switched barrels back and forth at first, but more and more the smooth barrel was taking up residence. I happened to have lunch with him just yesterday and asked him about it. He confessed that he hasn't mounted the rifled barrel in at least 5 years.

 

[coloradoclyde]

I guess I'm confused....
Why do you need another barrel?

 

[Black Hand]

Not likely you'll ever wear out a barrel in lifetime...

 

[Semisane]

I guess I'm confused....
Why do you need another barrel?

He said "My long term plan was to eventually contract someone for a custom long rifle for deer hunting. However, I keep thinking about how all the Frontiers have the exact same barrel size."

(Reading comprehension is my strong suit. :grin: )

 

[Cowboy]

Just to be sure we understand what yer asking. The barrel you have now is a .36 Caliber on your frontier. It's very accurate but you want a larger Caliber barrel on your frontier for deer hunting until you can have someone build you a custom muzzleloader. Is that correct?

Respectfully, Cowboy

 

[coloradoclyde]

Here is the parts list....call or email the company.
https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/uploads/prodotti/S267-S266-S268-S269.pdf

Here's the contact page https://www.davide-pedersoli.com/contatti.asp?l=en


A good gunsmith could make a barrel to fit, but by the time you buy a new Pedersoli barrel or have one made....You could buy a Traditions rifle for deer hunting, Probably for less money.

 

[4deer]

Just to be sure we understand what yer asking. The barrel you have now is a .36 Caliber on your frontier. It's very accurate but you want a larger Caliber barrel on your frontier for deer hunting until you can have someone build you a custom muzzleloader. Is that correct?

Respectfully, Cowboy

Yes, that's the size of it. I love the .36 and no way I'm getting rid of that--I have some squirrels to shoot later this year :wink: .

I do wonder if what others are saying about never bothering to swap their barrels may apply to me. I have the SIG P250 with about 5 conversion kits and I ended up buying another frame eventually anyways. Now swapping barrels is a novelty thing when I want to shoot something I don't normally shoot, but my normal shooting I like having two different frames.

 

[Col. Batguano]

Generally, the multiple barrel thing is most practical when you have limited storage space. For example, on a fly to it trip somewhere. You have room for 2 complete firearms in your case, and maybe a spare barrel or two, such as an African trip including plains game and dangerous game on the shooting menu. Your O/U shotgun can accommodate both smoothbore tubes and an O/U rifle pair. You have more guns but you just can't travel with more.

 

[BrownBear]

Another factor in swapping barrels is ease of swapping. If the gun has a hooked breech and the barrel isn't pinned ala TC or Lyman, removing the barrel is a snap.

With the frontier you're removing a tang screw as well as the little screws inside the pair of ramrod tubes. I've come close to losing those little screws almost every time I've removed the barrel from my pair of Frontiers. But I swap barrels on TC's and Lymans without a thought or hesitation.

 

[FishDFly]

I have the SIG P250 with about 5 conversion kits and I ended up buying another frame


Huh, Huh???????????????????

 

[Grimord]

I tried swapping the barrels on my .36 frontier and my 45 Hatfield (which are basicly the same gun). It didn't work. The drums would not align with the lock, and the ram rod pipe screws did not align with the other barrel.

I don't know how close the Frontier is to the Hatfield, so maybe this wasn't a good or compatible swap. Like Brown Bear, I swap out the barrels on my T/C renegade with no issues. I do however, have a couple of extra stocks and locks for the T/C.

 

[Col. Batguano]

I think that tells you that there was some hand fitting involved with the Hatfield. If all the parts were made using jigs and with machines, then the tolerances would probably be tight enough that interchangeability would be more possible.

I just finished making and inlaying wedge estrucheons for my current build. Though I tried to make all 8 of them the same size (by filing them all at the same time) the variations in how I stroked and pressured the file made each one of them just a little bit different than the others. Since they're inlet one at a time, these small variations of a couple of thousandths here and there aren't noticed so long as the inlets are kept tight. But, part A will NOT fit in to hole B as well as part A fits in to hole A. That's just part of what makes a hand made rifle a hand made rifle.