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how do, one and all
it took me 3 tries, but eventually i got registered here this weekend and already i have questions (and some answers, too).
i Love black powder. there, i've said it and i'm proud of it, so don't lecture me on the ways of centerfire and semi auto, i've had both and they're boreing by comparison.. that said, i will gladly offer my fledgling expertise in this arena to any and all like minded that might have problems within my scope of expertise.
one of the first books i bought on the subject was an 'out of print' copy of "black powder hobby gunsmithing" by s. fadala, and "hobby gunsmithing for modern weapons" by r. walker. to my amazement, neither had any details for 'how to' in reducing/cutting a rifled revolver barrel. all i want to do is remove about 3" from a used barrel so i can have a "snubbie" to add to the collection..
without any sophisticated tools i'll probably end up using either the hacksaw or pipe cutter method but i don't know which is better nor why so... also, i've never seen this done and wonder if someone could post a step-by-step response that i can use to test with a few times before doing the real job..
my plastic ruler indictes that the steel is almost 1/8" exactly with a 5/8" outside diameter.. i don't know which pipe cutters would work (size of blades and total / maximum capability).. years ago i "reduced" a 20g double using a single blade saw.. it got the job done, but definitely looked like s__t in every sense.
any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
~daniel~
i Love black powder. there, i've said it and i'm proud of it, so don't lecture me on the ways of centerfire and semi auto, i've had both and they're boreing by comparison.. that said, i will gladly offer my fledgling expertise in this arena to any and all like minded that might have problems within my scope of expertise.
one of the first books i bought on the subject was an 'out of print' copy of "black powder hobby gunsmithing" by s. fadala, and "hobby gunsmithing for modern weapons" by r. walker. to my amazement, neither had any details for 'how to' in reducing/cutting a rifled revolver barrel. all i want to do is remove about 3" from a used barrel so i can have a "snubbie" to add to the collection..
without any sophisticated tools i'll probably end up using either the hacksaw or pipe cutter method but i don't know which is better nor why so... also, i've never seen this done and wonder if someone could post a step-by-step response that i can use to test with a few times before doing the real job..
my plastic ruler indictes that the steel is almost 1/8" exactly with a 5/8" outside diameter.. i don't know which pipe cutters would work (size of blades and total / maximum capability).. years ago i "reduced" a 20g double using a single blade saw.. it got the job done, but definitely looked like s__t in every sense.
any comments and suggestions are greatly appreciated.
~daniel~
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