Rifling a Barrel

[musketman]

I added this to the Muzzleloading Techniques and Procedures links, it has a video of how an old time, hand powered rifling bench is used...

In the short video, the gunsmith explains how the machine works as well as how many strokes it takes to get one groove cut... /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/cool.gif

http://www.midiowa.com/toadhallrifleshop/rifling.htm

 

[blckhrn]

Saw the vid. i recall reading that the old timers stopped to shim the broach out once in a while. Didn't see this guy doing that, How does he get from start to finish?

 

[musketman]

He may have very well did that and it was just not recorded...

This is all the info I got on it...