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Offline thecapgunkid

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barrel bedding
« on: April 17, 2015, 12:18:18 PM »
Did the 18th century gunsmith and how?

Say, a man has a swamped barrel put into a straight channel, for example...is it never or just rare?

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Re: barrel bedding
« Reply #1 on: April 17, 2015, 01:34:59 PM »
  Doesn't make a lot of sense, unless the straight channel is the width of the waist of the swamped barrel, and there is still  enough wood at the breech to allow the lock to be inlet fully.

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Re: barrel bedding
« Reply #2 on: April 17, 2015, 04:42:51 PM »
Barrel bedding unheard of in the 18th Century, in my limited knowledge.  I've seen plenty of inlets for swamped barrels done with a round plane. Bottom of the barrel channel is round.

That little sliver of wood that surrounds the barrel, AKA forestock, can barely hold its own shape without a barrel in it. In the 18th Century style of gun, the BARREL is the STRUCTURE.

Round channel for octagon barrel gun:


Breech view of same gun:


Nose section, where a fitting the octagon had taken place:
« Last Edit: April 17, 2015, 04:46:53 PM by Acer Saccharum »
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Offline Daryl

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Re: barrel bedding
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2015, 08:32:51 PM »
TKS Tom - that is an eye opener.

 
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Re: barrel bedding
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2015, 09:46:27 PM »
Makes me feel a little better about some of my inletting! :D
« Last Edit: April 18, 2015, 09:47:25 PM by davebozell »

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Re: barrel bedding
« Reply #5 on: April 19, 2015, 06:54:16 PM »
It's better than mine! HA! I use plastic/steel epoxy's to give a perfect steel to wood fit. ::)
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