Who will rifle barrels?

[Cpl.Parker]

Hello,

Does anyone know who would be willing to rifle a smoothbore barrel?

Thanks
K

 

[gmww]

Yes, contact John Taylor on this forum. He has a rifling machine.

 

Give Ed Rayl a call, he's a custom barrel builder, and he just rerifled an old original that I had. His number is 304-364-8269, and his address is Box 91, Gassaway WV. 26624 Bill

 

[reddogge]

Arn't smoothbores a little thin at the muzzle to accept rifling?

 

[John Taylor]

Here's a few more for you.

Classic Barrel & Gunworks
339 Grove Av.
Prescott, Az. 86301[url] http://cutrifle.com/[/url]
928-772-4060

Redmans Rifling and Reboring
Randall Redman
189 Nichols Rd.
Omak, Wa. 98841
509-826-5512

Siegrist Gun Shop
Al Siegrist
8752 Turtle Rd.
Whittemore, Mi. 48770
989-873-3929

Starlight Enterprises
Randy Selby
PO Box 221
Wapiti Wy. 82450
307-587-3581

Sonny France
4932 Grandview
Okemos Mi 48864
517-349-4532

Norm Johnson
243 4th Av NW
Turtle Lake ND 58575
701-448-9188

 

[Zonie]

Many smoothbores have rather thin walls and are not designed for the pressures many rifles develop. Adding rifleing not only makes the barrels thinner because of the groove depth, but the corners of each farrow (groove) create highly stressed zones called stress risers.

Don't be too suprised if you don't get many takers on this task if your barrel wall is less than .180 thick. :hmm:

Zonie

 

[Cpl.Parker]

Sound advice, maybe I will have two barrels, one snmooth and one rifled.

K

 

[LRB]

Barrel thickness is a definate factor, but rifled muskets of the CW could run pretty thin.

 

[Old Salt]

Sound advice, maybe I will have two barrels, one snmooth and one rifled.

K

You might consider adding a barrel liner that could then be rifled.

Old Salt