Forums
New posts
Search forums
What's new
Articles
Latest reviews
Author list
Classifieds
Log in
Register
What's new
Search
Search
Search titles and first posts only
Search titles only
By:
New posts
Search forums
Menu
Log in
Register
Install the app
Install
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Gunsmithing
flute my own barrel
JavaScript is disabled. For a better experience, please enable JavaScript in your browser before proceeding.
You are using an out of date browser. It may not display this or other websites correctly.
You should upgrade or use an
alternative browser
.
Reply to thread
Message
<blockquote data-quote="Hired Gun" data-source="post: 901067" data-attributes="member: 1290"><p>All barrels are fluted last thing before they ship so there should be no problem doing it. Now why I won't do it. </p><p> </p><p>When I got started I was full of **** and vinegar and figured I would be able to do everything. In my previous job I cut splines and large key ways on shafts fairly frequently so figured fluting would be no problem. I bought a top of the line rotary indexer and the heaviest tail stock for the mill I could get. I had all sorts of super sturdy fixtures and was ready to go. I then visited a barrel manufacturer and during our tour, barrels were going in the garbage from every station at an alarming rate. The owner said they wreck/cull/reject/QC fail tons of barrels every month. It's just part of the business. I saw the full dumpsters. </p><p> </p><p>After watching the pros wrecking all those barrels I decided it was way too big of risk for me. If they wreck one, they just grab another and carry on. If I wreck one it's 300 some bucks and another lengthy wait. I would either order it that way or send it to a specialist and let them assume the risk.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Hired Gun, post: 901067, member: 1290"] All barrels are fluted last thing before they ship so there should be no problem doing it. Now why I won't do it. When I got started I was full of **** and vinegar and figured I would be able to do everything. In my previous job I cut splines and large key ways on shafts fairly frequently so figured fluting would be no problem. I bought a top of the line rotary indexer and the heaviest tail stock for the mill I could get. I had all sorts of super sturdy fixtures and was ready to go. I then visited a barrel manufacturer and during our tour, barrels were going in the garbage from every station at an alarming rate. The owner said they wreck/cull/reject/QC fail tons of barrels every month. It's just part of the business. I saw the full dumpsters. After watching the pros wrecking all those barrels I decided it was way too big of risk for me. If they wreck one, they just grab another and carry on. If I wreck one it's 300 some bucks and another lengthy wait. I would either order it that way or send it to a specialist and let them assume the risk. [/QUOTE]
Insert quotes…
Verification
Post reply
Forums
Rifles, Reloading, Optics, Equipment
Gunsmithing
flute my own barrel
Top