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chopping a barrel down
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:11 am
by ballkeeper
chopping a barrel down on a ml revolver down to three inches, would it need proofing ? informing your feo
making one of these
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=monbm21UqQ0
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 6:42 am
by Ovenpaa
No your FEO does not need to know, yes it *should* be proofed again as the barrel has been modified.
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 12:23 pm
by bradaz11
that's pretty sexy, that's the sort of thing that would look really good as a shotgun primer off gun loaded pistol, stick to black powder though as it's stainless.
I do like birdheads afterall
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Tue Oct 11, 2016 12:36 pm
by Ovenpaa
It would be a fun conversion to do to a BP revolver, although loading with the cylinder in the gun without any additional equipment might be problematical.
I would give one house room, anyone got an old BP revolver going cheap
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 12:21 pm
by ballkeeper
Ovenpaa wrote:It would be a fun conversion to do to a BP revolver, although loading with the cylinder in the gun without any additional equipment might be problematical.
I would give one house room, anyone got an old BP revolver going cheap
my bp one, you can load of the gun, which i do sometimes too, with the aid of a ball starter,
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:23 pm
by 1066
Just a very simple press would be easy to make:
http://www.rmcoxyoke.com/inc/sdetail/rm ... /10245/234
I think "proof" would only apply if you wanted to sell it.
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 1:56 pm
by ballkeeper
nah not good at making things,
since my revolver barrel looks shot about 2in or so from the muzzle could be prim for chopin down
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 3:43 pm
by Dellboy
used one of them from Kranks and its ok but type of thing.
What needs to be made is one that has a stop so all cylinders are compressed the same ,
so we need someone who could make a few maybe ............................................
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:16 pm
by 1066
Dellboy wrote:
used one of them from Kranks and its ok but type of thing.
What needs to be made is one that has a stop so all cylinders are compressed the same ,
so we need someone who could make a few maybe ............................................
That would be an easy modification along with a central spigot for the cylinder to locate on.
Re: chopping a barrel down
Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2016 4:22 pm
by ballkeeper
so when you gonna build one /two/three 1066