I have a belgian barrel that I need to proof. The wedding ring cut is too far down from the breech and the metal under it is .050" thick. I'd prefer if the cutting was closer to the breech where the metal was thicker leaving at least .070"
It's an octagon to round barrel, but you probably already figured that out. Anyway, before I start building this gun, I'd like to test that barrel to see if it's gonna be worth my time. It's a small barrel around 40 cal. and the breech plug is only 1/2 by 16 tpi. I can't find a breech plug for it, so I was thinking about making one out of a bolt. I can turn down and thread an off the shelf bolt for the breech plug, but I was wondering what kind of bolt to start with. I figure that a standard bolt would work, but I could easily find a grade five to use instead.
Any opinions.
By the way, If the barrel isn't going to work because of that cutting, I think it will still be long enough to cut into a pistol barrel, so either way, I'll need that breech plug.
Thanks