Rebore barrel?

[ShooterJim]

I've got a Dixie Tennessee flintlock rifle 32 cal. I've had it for years and the rifeling is pitted, (got it that way) anyway can anyone reccomend someone who could rebore and rerifle it? The barrel is 13/16 in. How large a cal. could I safely go. Would 40 cal. be to large? I'd want a round ball twist.
Shooter

 

[roundball]

T/C went as large as a .45cal in the 13/16" Seneca and Cherokee barrels, so a .40cal should be no problem, assuming similar quality steel.
You could google up Ed Rayl (barrel maker) in Gassaway, West VA...give him a call and discuss.

I sent him a GM .62cal smoothbore barrel to have rifling added and it only cost $65...your's would be more of course since he'd have to rebore it first then rifle it.

 

[SR James]

I'm getting ready to send a barrel off to Ed Rayl to be rebored. He quoted me a price of $127.00. It is done at your risk, if something goes wrong. Anyway, this should give you a ball park cost, but you need to call Ed for specifics in your case.

 

[roundball]

I'm getting ready to send a barrel off to Ed Rayl to be rebored. He quoted me a price of $127.00. It is done at your risk, if something goes wrong. Anyway, this should give you a ball park cost, but you need to call Ed for specifics in your case.

Rebored only...to be a smoothbore?
Or rebored and rifled for a rifle barrel?

 

[SR James]

Rebored and rifled