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caliber45

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3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« on: September 10, 2012, 05:29:23 PM »
Could one of you fine folks tell me the largest caliber available in 3/4ths-inch barrels (straight, not swamped) of modern manufacture? Tks! -- paulallen, greencastle, IN
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Offline Bill of the 45th

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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #1 on: September 10, 2012, 06:01:10 PM »
I think .40 cal is a big as they go, at least it's all I've ever seen them in.  Troy Roope at Stonewall Creek has some 3/4" Rayl barrels from .25 to .40.  He had a number of them at Dixon's

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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #2 on: September 10, 2012, 11:34:17 PM »
I had a couple of 45 cal built on 3/4 brls. Getz made them for me. Also a couple of 50s on 13/16. Took about a yesr and half. Nice light brls tho, worth the wait
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« Reply #3 on: September 12, 2012, 01:40:17 AM »
I have a 3/4" .40 from Green Mountain.  It's part of an in-the-white rifle I bought from Tip Curtis.
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #4 on: September 12, 2012, 02:34:41 AM »
I wouldn't use one, you end up with horrible architecture.
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #5 on: September 12, 2012, 04:03:54 AM »
Quote from: Mike Brooks on September 12, 2012, 02:34:41 AM
I wouldn't use one, you end up with horrible architecture.

Absolutely.
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Offline TMerkley

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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #6 on: September 12, 2012, 05:21:11 AM »
The 3/4 barrel would be pretty nice for a youth model regardless of cal.
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« Reply #7 on: September 12, 2012, 05:33:25 AM »
I've got a GM 3/4 x .40 and a Rayl 3/4 x .40
One will go one a Southern(?) style flint rifle I hope to finish up this winter.
Parts gathering , a bit of work and a lot of thinkin' over the course of a year or so.

Sure is a slim bbl & stock! I like it.
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« Reply #8 on: September 12, 2012, 06:00:13 AM »
I've got one rifle with a 3/4X42 barrel but it's not nearly as big as .40. The barrel is a Bill Large .29-.30, depends on who measures it. Takes a .285 ball with .010 ptching and shoots into one hole, depending on who's shooting it.
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #9 on: September 12, 2012, 02:55:19 PM »
I have convinced son John not to make any more 3/4" barrels, it's like building a "toy" rifle.   When I ran the barrel business I refused to make them............Don
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« Reply #10 on: September 12, 2012, 04:28:46 PM »
I had a 3/4 in  36 cal for a while.  You really have to watch the tenons and make sure they are slotted cause it doesn't take much to bend that barrel. Not a permanent, radical bend,but enough to throw your sights out.
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« Reply #11 on: September 12, 2012, 04:54:54 PM »
This is a 3/4" barrel. Is the architecture horrible? I don't know, I'm largely ignorant on the subject. It holds and shoots nice though.

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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #12 on: September 12, 2012, 05:58:12 PM »
Quote from: Robby on September 12, 2012, 04:54:54 PM
This is a 3/4" barrel. Is the architecture horrible? I don't know, I'm largely ignorant on the subject. It holds and shoots nice though.

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Have to have a look over the top. Maybe you and others can pull it off, but I can't.
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« Reply #13 on: September 12, 2012, 06:22:09 PM »
Friend of mine has a 13/16" (actually a mite smaller) in .50. It's a Spanish or Italian barrel and VERY thin that he used in a re-stock job. I would not shoot it, personally. The gun is way too light for me to hold, like shooting a kid's 5 pound rifle with a man's stock on it. The thinness of the barrel of unknown steel spooks me.
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« Reply #14 on: September 13, 2012, 06:08:30 PM »
Mike, I don't have a shot of that angle, but when I made it, I remember thinking "Olive OYL"!  :(
You know, of Popeye fame, skinny and featureless. I do remember thinking at the time that I should have made a tapered shim and soldered it to the lock bolster to give it some better lines. So while I didn't pull it off, I do think it could be done. The lady I made it for is definitely no Olive Oyl and enjoys it. Its a .32.
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #15 on: September 13, 2012, 07:04:47 PM »
Are we talking about a straight 3/4" barrel? What about "A" weight swamped barrels? Are they in the same "too skinny" category? Some of them are mighty long too. I see a lot of makers will build  "A" weights in .40. Maybe even .45?
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #16 on: September 15, 2012, 04:41:05 PM »
Thanks for the info, gents. I did not intend to create a "good thing-bad thing" discussion with my question; just wanted some information. I won't voice my own reasons for liking the 3/4ths-inch barrels because I don't think this forum is intended to be a "yes they are-no they ain't" platform. To each his own, I say. Thanks again! -- paulallen, greencastle, IN
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #17 on: September 20, 2012, 01:18:57 PM »
My squirrel  rifle has a Cecil Brooks 3/4", 32cal bbl, 40'' long. Makes a dandy lightweight  rifle in the woods.
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Re: 3/4ths-inch barrel calibers?
« Reply #18 on: September 20, 2012, 07:18:47 PM »
Good ol Grandpa Cecil......how's he doing anyway?
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