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Options for opening up barrel channel?
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<blockquote data-quote="shortgrass" data-source="post: 3028609" data-attributes="member: 24284"><p>Those Gunline Tools, that Shadow Tracker linked to, are no longer available from Brownells or Midway, you have to go to the source <a href="https://gunlinetools.com/product/barrel-bedding-tool/" target="_blank">https://gunlinetools.com/product/barrel-bedding-tool/</a> ... Some Inletting black, of another marking compound is need to spot where material needs to be removed from the barrel channel. I have been machining since '74 and am a gunsmith school grad, and I'd not use a vertical mill to do finish work opening a barrel channel. Even if to use the CNC, the stock would need to be securely fixtured (ya' can't cut on it if ya; can't hold it securely!) and a program generated (a skill set in itself). For 1 stock, just not worth the time! Back to the Gunline Tools, might think they are pricey, but are worth it for time saved and quality of the work. While a gunsmith student, we made many of the tools needed. After 31yrs I still make some when needed. Maybe I should make some and offer for sale, as they are much handier and work quicker than sand paper around a socket! Good luck with that lami! I won't work with another! Just too big a PIA for what ya' end up with..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="shortgrass, post: 3028609, member: 24284"] Those Gunline Tools, that Shadow Tracker linked to, are no longer available from Brownells or Midway, you have to go to the source [URL]https://gunlinetools.com/product/barrel-bedding-tool/[/URL] ... Some Inletting black, of another marking compound is need to spot where material needs to be removed from the barrel channel. I have been machining since '74 and am a gunsmith school grad, and I'd not use a vertical mill to do finish work opening a barrel channel. Even if to use the CNC, the stock would need to be securely fixtured (ya' can't cut on it if ya; can't hold it securely!) and a program generated (a skill set in itself). For 1 stock, just not worth the time! Back to the Gunline Tools, might think they are pricey, but are worth it for time saved and quality of the work. While a gunsmith student, we made many of the tools needed. After 31yrs I still make some when needed. Maybe I should make some and offer for sale, as they are much handier and work quicker than sand paper around a socket! Good luck with that lami! I won't work with another! Just too big a PIA for what ya' end up with.. [/QUOTE]
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