Is there some one that can straighten a smooth bore barrel

[gard72977]

I was at the range and we used the barrel bending fixture to bend the barrel on my North Star West Trade gun. It is not exactly on target but not too far off. I have decided to sell it and would like to get it straightened before I offer it.

[Mike Brooks]

Look for the right crotch in a tree and bend away.

[bob in the woods]

Why would you not use the same "barrel bering fixture" to bend it straight ??

[mattdog]

Maybe you could contact North Star West...?

Call Matt @ 406.822.8778

[jamesthomas]

I was at the range and we used the barrel bending fixture to bend the barrel on my North Star West Trade gun. It is not exactly on target but not too far off. I have decided to sell it and would like to get it straightened before I offer it.

 So your gonna sell a gun where the barrel has been bent twice? once to somewhat get on target, then bend it back (so its even worse). I hope you tell the guy you've bent it twice and that  he will probably have to bend it again to get it to shoot straight?. 

[Mike Brooks]

I was at the range and we used the barrel bending fixture to bend the barrel on my North Star West Trade gun. It is not exactly on target but not too far off. I have decided to sell it and would like to get it straightened before I offer it.

 So your gonna sell a gun where the barrel has been bent twice? once to somewhat get on target, then bend it back (so its even worse). I hope you tell the guy you've bent it twice and that  he will probably have to bend it again to get it to shoot straight?. 

Bending smoothbore barrels to get them to shoot where you want is common.

[gard72977]

I was at the range and we used the barrel bending fixture to bend the barrel on my North Star West Trade gun. It is not exactly on target but not too far off. I have decided to sell it and would like to get it straightened before I offer it.

 So your gonna sell a gun where the barrel has been bent twice? once to somewhat get on target, then bend it back (so its even worse). I hope you tell the guy you've bent it twice and that  he will probably have to bend it again to get it to shoot straight?. 

I was trying to have this professionally done to get it right. You make is sound like im trying to get over on someone. I made a post with my intentions for the gun to get help.

[gard72977]

This has been a fun hobby but I have a parent that is in hospice and having to work more keeps me from attending the events. I will be selling my Rondy stuff and would like to move my guns. I did not want to offer a gun with a barrel that is not right. The last time I was at the club that is a hour and a half away we bent the barrel on a fixture and it is shooting better but not quite on target. I did not have time before the match to keep working on it. I shot my rifle and went home. That was several months ago and now I have decided to get out of the hobby because I don't have time.

Should I just offer the gun like it is?

[James Rogers]

Ditto Mike. Is common and WAS common.

[Vomitus]

  I've straightened a few. No big deal with a smoothbore. Common place.

[Pete G.]

If you bend the barrel back to where it was originally (which is almost impossible), then the next owner will have to re bend to get it shooting right.

Leave it alone and offer it as is. You would not put new sights on a rifle that is already sighted in.

[omark]

And to make yourself feel better, tell the prospective buyer what was done and why. It would not deter me from buying.       Mark

[Dave B]

Its my under standing that you feel that you didnt bend the barrel far enough to get the pattern you were expecting.
Disclosure is all ways best. With that being said I would think that you should have some one else shoot it to double check the pattern   It may be perfectly fine with them shooting it.  I had a friend ask me to shoot his rifle to check the open patern he was  getting.  It was not consistent in grouping from the bench. I shot it three times and got a nice group but 3" low in the 7 o clock. He was content with it shooting a 5" group at 100 yrds. I would have adjusted the sights for my taste. to each his own.

[D. Taylor Sapergia]

I agree with the rest...leave it as is, and explain how you have improved it.  The new owner won't know what to expect until he shoots it, and if you've already made it shoot closer to where you're looking, that's a boon.