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Offline Rolf

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What can I use this barrel for?
« on: July 18, 2012, 05:31:51 PM »
I've been given a 33" long, strait octangonal, jukar barrel. It measures 0.885 across the flats. Caliber 0.45 . It's never been shot, thank goodness. The owner had installed a drum crooked. I have to cut about 0.8" off and rebreech the barrel.

Any suggestion for what type of rifle to build?

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Don Tripp

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #1 on: July 18, 2012, 06:20:35 PM »
A half stock plains rifle, half stock Midwest rifle (Ohio, Indiana, Illinois or Michigan), later percussion German hunting rifle half stock or full stock.
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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #2 on: July 18, 2012, 06:27:45 PM »
I am building a Southern Mountain Rifle from mine.

Those barrels are amazinly accurate.
I went a full stock. Looks great. Still have to finish the trigger guard inlet. I went proud with the contour as I can make it slimmer later.
I had to recrown my muzzle.
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Offline Swampwalker

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #3 on: July 18, 2012, 09:59:20 PM »
A slightly scaled-down Leman trade rifle; perfect for whitetails in thick cover.
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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #4 on: July 19, 2012, 01:26:20 AM »
That's a good starting point for a youth or lady size rifle.
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Offline Mike Brooks

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #5 on: July 19, 2012, 01:30:18 AM »
I personally wouldn't waste
 time making a gun around such a barrel. Just because you have it doesn't mean you have to use it.
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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #6 on: July 19, 2012, 02:49:38 AM »
fun to practice contouring a barrel say from hex to round scale down trade rifle
« Last Edit: July 20, 2012, 02:29:00 AM by ottawa »
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Offline Curtis

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #7 on: July 19, 2012, 05:49:44 AM »
IMHO make some pistol barrels from it.  With your talent and imagination I'm sure you could come up with some nice ones.

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Offline James Wilson Everett

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #8 on: July 19, 2012, 03:01:16 PM »
Guys,

I'm in agreement with Curtis.  Cut it into 3 pistol barrels, make them into octagon to round with a file.  They should make really nice pistol barrels.

Jim
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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #9 on: July 19, 2012, 06:11:29 PM »
I'm with Mike on this one. I'd simply throw it away.
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Offline Dennis Glazener

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #10 on: July 19, 2012, 11:31:32 PM »
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I'm with Mike on this one. I'd simply throw it away.
Ah come on Daryl, waste not want not  :) As mentioned above 3 good pistol barrels, youth rifle, ladies rifle, cut down mountain rifle. I once saw a neat NC mountain rifle that someone had cut the stock and barrel down to around 32 inches, it was a neat looking gun for hunting.
**opps, bad memory, I just looked the length of that barrel and it was 35.5 inches not the 32 that I remembered**
Dennis
« Last Edit: July 19, 2012, 11:42:47 PM by Dennis Glazener »
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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #11 on: July 20, 2012, 12:32:12 AM »
I saw a really neat rifle with a mule ear lock and a CVA Blazer barrel that had been rebreeched.
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Offline JCKelly

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #12 on: July 20, 2012, 01:01:23 AM »
The one and only CVA barrel I examined (metallurgically) was nice, soft ductile 1015 steel, kind of like a very clean wrought iron.

Have no idea about accuracy. 

Pistol barrels would be good for me, because with my shooting I'd have nothing to complain about.
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Offline Eric Smith

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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #13 on: July 20, 2012, 01:39:29 AM »
I would go with the 3 pistol barrels. Last longer that way!   ;D
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Re: What can I use this barrel for?
« Reply #14 on: July 20, 2012, 02:10:40 AM »
Mike is absolutely right.
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