Pistol barrel

[vulture]

I must be behind the times or don't know what I'm looking for but I can't find any of the parts supliers that sell pistol barrels. I have a couple of stocks and locks and would like to eventually build a couple of pistols, but I can't find any barrels. I thought GreenMountain was making them but I don't see them listed on their site or on any of the sites that sell their products. Please tell me what I'm missing?

 

[gunmaker43]

Try www.thegunworks.com They'll make anything you want, just got a 12" by 7/8" oct .40 fast twist for bout 70 bucks. They make rifle, smooth & pistol bbl. Really good people to know, been using their services 30 yr...Tom

 

[Zonie]

You might try looking around Muzzleloader Builder's Supply.

Here is a link to some of their pistol barrels.
http://www.muzzleloaderbuilderssup...?cart_id=9125823.22639&next=0&product=Barrels


I'm not sure why I don't see any straight octagon pistol barrels there but you might give them a call.
They offer some Kentucky Pistol kits and they would use octagon barrels so maybe he has some extra in the back room?

I know Ed Rahl made pistol barrels for MBS for years. Ed doesn't have a web site but someone might know how to call him.
I know that's what I had to do when I wanted to build my .45 cal, 3/4" octagon barrel pistol.
The barrel he supplied was excellent.

 

[btech]

I was trying to build a 62 cal smoothbore pistol. Bought a barrel from Dixie first. Turned out to be a welded barrel and a weld seam inside the barrel that was 1/8" high. Went to Muzzleloader Builder's Supply. They made a nice barrel but it turned out to be 60 cal instead of 62. They apologized and said "they didn't catch it during production". Muzzleloader Builder's Supply is the best option I found, you just never know caliber it's gonna be when their finished. I'm considering cutting down an old rifle barrel.

 

[dave_person]

Hi,
Troy Roop at Stonewall Creek Outfitters in Virginia usually has a good stock of Rayl pistol barrels, some by Burton, and also Rice.

dave

 

[MSW]

I have never used one of these barrels, but I've heard good things about them:
http://fcibarrels.tripod.com/

give him a call and chat him up ... might be worth the effort...

 

[44-henry]

Aside from the fast twist of typical pistol barrels, there is really nothing wrong with using a cut down rifle barrel for a pistol. Plenty of very accurate pistols have been built around them. As long as you have the ability to cut a barrel down and breech it the rifle barrel offers a much cheaper alternative.

 

[shguns]

Pecatonica River lists pistol barrels by Green Mountain.
http://longrifles-pr.com/gmpistolbarrels.shtml

 

[FishDFly]

Tip Curtis has Green Mountain barrels in his ad.

 

[vulture]

I found what I was looking for at The Gun Works and placed an order. Thanks for all the suggestions.

 

[gunmaker43]

:thumbsup: You didn't go wrong with Joe & Suzi....