Mk85??
08-30-2015, 09:57 AM
#11
Nontypical Buck
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Minnesota
Posts: 2,037
Maybe I am underestimating the difficulty of this project.
I was hoping I could do a lot of it myself. I was thinking once I got the barrel off I could either take careful measurements and have the barrel threaded to my needs or else just send the barrel I removed to whoever I get the new one from and have the new one milled to match. I wouldn't put sights or ramrod thimbles on the new barrel.
I know I could do the stock work myself and I have an extra laminated stock on hand that I would use. Then bed it and I'd be ready to shoot.
Am I oversimplifying this?
Art
I was hoping I could do a lot of it myself. I was thinking once I got the barrel off I could either take careful measurements and have the barrel threaded to my needs or else just send the barrel I removed to whoever I get the new one from and have the new one milled to match. I wouldn't put sights or ramrod thimbles on the new barrel.
I know I could do the stock work myself and I have an extra laminated stock on hand that I would use. Then bed it and I'd be ready to shoot.
Am I oversimplifying this?
Art
08-30-2015, 10:17 AM
#12
Boone & Crockett
Join Date: Aug 2004
Location: Idaho
Posts: 11,703
Maybe I am underestimating the difficulty of this project.
I was hoping I could do a lot of it myself. I was thinking once I got the barrel off I could either take careful measurements and have the barrel threaded to my needs or else just send the barrel I removed to whoever I get the new one from and have the new one milled to match. I wouldn't put sights or ramrod thimbles on the new barrel.
I know I could do the stock work myself and I have an extra laminated stock on hand that I would use. Then bed it and I'd be ready to shoot.
Am I oversimplifying this?
Art
I was hoping I could do a lot of it myself. I was thinking once I got the barrel off I could either take careful measurements and have the barrel threaded to my needs or else just send the barrel I removed to whoever I get the new one from and have the new one milled to match. I wouldn't put sights or ramrod thimbles on the new barrel.
I know I could do the stock work myself and I have an extra laminated stock on hand that I would use. Then bed it and I'd be ready to shoot.
Am I oversimplifying this?
Art
08-30-2015, 10:20 AM
#13
Giant Nontypical
Join Date: Mar 2010
Posts: 5,605
I THINK if
You took the old barrel off and sent it to whoever is making the new barrel, you could do the rest of the work yourself. It seems far less complicated than a bolt action and trying to get a tight head space.
I also think GM still makes a fast twist 45 barrel in 1-18 with cut rifling. It would need to be contoured unless you want a REALLY big barrel.
It sounds like Douglas can do almost all the work for you. Not sure about a breach plug though. http://www.douglasbarrels.net/pricelist/index.html
Turned, Threaded Cut to Length Crowned & Polished (FTC) $323.00
You took the old barrel off and sent it to whoever is making the new barrel, you could do the rest of the work yourself. It seems far less complicated than a bolt action and trying to get a tight head space.
I also think GM still makes a fast twist 45 barrel in 1-18 with cut rifling. It would need to be contoured unless you want a REALLY big barrel.
It sounds like Douglas can do almost all the work for you. Not sure about a breach plug though. http://www.douglasbarrels.net/pricelist/index.html
Turned, Threaded Cut to Length Crowned & Polished (FTC) $323.00
Last edited by Gm54-120; 08-30-2015 at 10:31 AM.
