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Offline snapper

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Coning question
« on: April 25, 2019, 04:48:31 AM »
I think I need to perhaps cone a barrel.  The barrel seem to  have some damaged rifling about  1/8" to 1/4" or so from the end of the muzzle.  Will a coning tool reach that far down a barrel to help clean up that rifling?

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Offline rich pierce

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #1 on: April 25, 2019, 06:03:15 AM »
From ones I’ve seen, yes. A lot depends on what the damage looks like. How deep and so on.
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Offline smylee grouch

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #2 on: April 25, 2019, 06:11:17 AM »
Just curious but would a deep crown job fix it instead of a coning?

Offline drago

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #3 on: April 25, 2019, 02:49:27 PM »
What is a deep crown job? I thought it was just smoothing the end of the barrel perpendicular to the bore.

Offline smylee grouch

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #4 on: April 25, 2019, 03:37:31 PM »
By deep crown I mean from the end of the barrel down 1/8-1/4 and remove enough to get rid of the damage but not so far down as some cone jobs go where you rid rid of the rifling lands for an inch and a half .

Offline snapper

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #5 on: April 25, 2019, 04:59:35 PM »
I will try to post a picture of the rifling in a day or two.

I have no experience with coning or making a deep crown.

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Offline Longknife

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #6 on: April 25, 2019, 05:07:45 PM »
Art I replied to your e-mail. I think my tool will clean up your rifling fine. Here is a pic of a barrel coned by one of my tools by a member of this forum, Steve_Rose
 

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Offline snapper

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #7 on: April 25, 2019, 05:52:31 PM »
That does look like it should take care of my issue.

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Offline Daryl

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Re: Coning question
« Reply #8 on: April 25, 2019, 09:12:18 PM »
This is more like a deeper normal crown - similar to the long tapered crown.
This one shot well. I used a tapered stone meant for a drill, wrapped in 320 wet/dry paper
and just rotated it back and forth with my hand, turning the barrel now and then. The result is
perfectly centered & a bit deeper than normal - about 1/4" to full grove depth.


« Last Edit: April 26, 2019, 08:12:27 PM by Daryl »
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