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Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Rifles, Bullets, Barrels & Ballistics
having an issue with a barrelmaker
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<blockquote data-quote="Trickymissfit" data-source="post: 559131" data-attributes="member: 25383"><p>I've seen photos of 34" long barrels from Dan Lilja in 30 caliber if that matters much. The problem with deep hole drilling is not in the machine, but in the tooling. Gun drills are not cheap (even though they look cheap), and after about 28" things start to stack up fast. Most folks do not understand the task involved in deep hole drilling, and I doubt the clerk that answered the phone is upto speed on these issues. I've had 42" ones done in the past, (not a gun barrel) and the scrap rate is a killer alone (just takes one chip to screw everything up). I can see their reluctence to do much of anything longer than 31" as I've learned the hard way.</p><p>gary</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Trickymissfit, post: 559131, member: 25383"] I've seen photos of 34" long barrels from Dan Lilja in 30 caliber if that matters much. The problem with deep hole drilling is not in the machine, but in the tooling. Gun drills are not cheap (even though they look cheap), and after about 28" things start to stack up fast. Most folks do not understand the task involved in deep hole drilling, and I doubt the clerk that answered the phone is upto speed on these issues. I've had 42" ones done in the past, (not a gun barrel) and the scrap rate is a killer alone (just takes one chip to screw everything up). I can see their reluctence to do much of anything longer than 31" as I've learned the hard way. gary [/QUOTE]
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