boring and rifling a barrel?

[msblacksmith]

I am looking for any and all infomation on building a boring and rifling bench.any old ones to look at?

[brokenflint]

Here's one for sale  http://www.jimbodetools.com/Most-Spectacular-Wooden-Gunsmith-s-Lathe-p10796.html
I have no idea of the time frame provenence.
Bookie has a book on rifling and building the bench and a DVD also


Broke

[Ken G]

Msblacksmith,
Here's a start.  Steve Bookout (Bookie) has a DVD on the subject and book on making a rifler.  His knowledge is from years of boring and rifling barrels.  He's retired now but this was/is his passions work.
DVD  
http://www.iowatelecom.net/~toadhall/barrel_dvd.htm
Here's the book on building a rifler.
http://www.iowatelecom.net/~toadhall/book_1.htm

Cheers,
Ken

[flintriflesmith]

Here's one for sale  http://www.jimbodetools.com/Most-Spectacular-Wooden-Gunsmith-s-Lathe-p10796.html
I have no idea of the time frame provenence.
Bookie has a book on rifling and building the bench and a DVD also
Broke

That link took me to a lathe--not a boring machine or rifling bench. Did I miss something?

[David Veith]

If you are in Oh seeing I can't see where you live . In Jan The group I hang my hat with will be doing a demo. In I think it is Maryville North of Columbus. A lot of times we will drag a long a finishing reaming bench
David

[RonT]

David,
Are you one of the guys that skived my .375 smoothie barrel at the last Deer/Turkey Expo?  If so, know that it's tightened the groups up considerably.
Many thanks.
R

[David Veith]

Ya that be us. I don't remember your project and don't know what a skived is. But that is ok
David Veith

[RonT]

Skiving is a term commonly used in the cold drawn steel tube industry to remove chatter marks (bad tool setup) on the I.D. surface.
My barrel had osillations, another phenoenon found in seamless tube, created in the piercing stage. 
The thing shot ~3" patterns at 25 yds., now shoots ~<1", sometimes cloverleafs.
The original intent was for your group to rifle this barrel but we found the defect and removed them
Life is good.
R

[David Veith]

I am surprised any one of us touch it seeing it was drawen tube. 
David Veith

[Bryce]

Don't know if your still looking or if this helps, but i stumbled across this PDF a little while back, havent gotten around to thoroughly reading it but seems like it might be helpful for a rifling machine. one site that has it is as follows

http://wetlands.simplyaquatics.com/d/30952-1/firearms+-+_+-+How+to+Build+the+Antique+Rifling+Machine.pdf

Cheers,

Bryce

[msblacksmith]

thanks very helpful

[Steve Bookout]

Msblacksmith, send me some postage money and I'll send you a CD of photos of my reaming/boreing bench.  Other folks have used it to build as far away as Taiwan and Norway.  I am in the process of writing a "how to" book on building the rascal and those photos will be included.   Cheers, Bookie

[chris laubach]

I am looking for any and all infomation on building a boring and rifling bench.any old ones to look at?

CW Gun-shop



Chris Laubach