BP Barrel Boring
Question:
Doesn’t sound like a stupid idea to me, but I’ve only been making my own barrels for about 15 years. I think either a 12 (.729") or 20 (.620) gauge would be feasible. I don’t know what it would cost to have a "professional" do the job; you would need to drill or ream out the rifling and ream to bore size of your choice. Another option would be to buy a smoothbore barrel and have it installed on your gun; this might be cheaper? Very few muzzle-loading gunsmithing tasks are beyond the abilities of the dedicated hobbiest. good luck.
Response:
>This may be a stupid idea and question, but please humor me. I have an >extra .50 caliber barrel for my BP Hawken replica. I don’t use it for >anything as I strictly use the .58 barrel for all my shooting and >hunting. The .58 groups tighter and simply tips things over when you >shoot them. >Anyway, would it be possible to have this barrel bored to standard >shotgun guage? It may be too costly or impossible. I believe the barrel >is 1.25 inches across the flats, but I’d have to check. Please excuse my >ignorance of this idea, but I’m not a gunsmith and have no knowledge of >the technical requirements for such an idea. As always, thanks for your >input.
Mark, it would depend on where the barrel was made, if it’s a safe thing to do……there’s some very soft steel comeing from Spain, etc. If it’s good steel, then as long as the dia. is 1" or more, it could be made into a 12ga. The problem is, I don’t know who’d do it for you. Fred * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Tech. Support Legend Products, Black Canyon Powder * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
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||=>This may be a stupid idea and question, but please humor me. I have an ||=>extra .50 caliber barrel for my BP Hawken replica. I don’t use it for ||=>anything as I strictly use the .58 barrel for all my shooting and ||=>hunting. The .58 groups tighter and simply tips things over when you ||=>shoot them. ||=>Anyway, would it be possible to have this barrel bored to standard ||=>shotgun guage? It may be too costly or impossible. I believe the barrel ||=>is 1.25 inches across the flats, but I’d have to check. Please excuse my ||=>ignorance of this idea, but I’m not a gunsmith and have no knowledge of ||=>the technical requirements for such an idea. As always, thanks for your ||=>input. ||= ||=Mark, it would depend on where the barrel was made, if it’s a safe ||=thing to do……there’s some very soft steel comeing from Spain, etc. ||=If it’s good steel, then as long as the dia. is 1" or more, it could be ||=made into a 12ga. The problem is, I don’t know who’d do it for you. ||= ||=Fred ||= ||=* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * ||=Tech. Support Legend Products, Black Canyon Powder ||=* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Actually, I think that if you will look in some of the trades such as Muzzle Blasts or ASSRA’s, you will find people who do reboring to larger calibers. Part of this activity is to bore the barrel out to at least 3/4" or more before the new bore insert is soldered/epoxied in. Since you don’t want the last step done all you would need is the boring and then polishing. It is a lead anyway, FWIW. cheers chas
Response:
This may be a stupid idea and question, but please humor me. I have an extra .50 caliber barrel for my BP Hawken replica. I don’t use it for anything as I strictly use the .58 barrel for all my shooting and hunting. The .58 groups tighter and simply tips things over when you shoot them. Anyway, would it be possible to have this barrel bored to standard shotgun guage? It may be too costly or impossible. I believe the barrel is 1.25 inches across the flats, but I’d have to check. Please excuse my ignorance of this idea, but I’m not a gunsmith and have no knowledge of the technical requirements for such an idea. As always, thanks for your input. Mark Nelsen
