What to do with an old barrel
- Thread starter jmikell870
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So that got me to thinking: they would make perfect equalizers for gar when bow fishing.Hang on to them for precision perspective re-calibration tools.. There's gonna be a lot of Burn/Loot/Murder...Antifa.....knuckleheads to re-calibrate post-election...regardless of which way it goes. Just sharing for a friend for pondering.
rip the barrel with a band saw, inlet a nice live edge slab for the two halves of the barrel and cover in a clear coat of epoxy. perfect for a coffee table.
Encase them in clear resin and use for a tabletop for your workbench/reloading bench
I use them to pound in the ground to hold concrete in place. when I pour new slabs to shoot from. Just like rebar!
if the caliber is right I would part it on a lathe and make hand gun barrels like 30 tok or 22tcm. Obviously there aren't too many say 338 or 6.5mm handgun rounds so ymmv.
another option is resale depending on caliber and how shot out it is. As a hunting barrel something "shot out" may be accurate enough and last forever at a few shots a year.
another option is resale depending on caliber and how shot out it is. As a hunting barrel something "shot out" may be accurate enough and last forever at a few shots a year.
Since steelhead beat me to seal clubbing...
Cut really really really deep flutes in it and sell it to some retard on EBay for $300!
Sirhr
Funny Canada let’s you use steel pipes to club baby seals, but you can’t have a blowgun. Says something about their manhood in Quebec, I guess.
Cut really really really deep flutes in it and sell it to some retard on EBay for $300!
Sirhr
Funny Canada let’s you use steel pipes to club baby seals, but you can’t have a blowgun. Says something about their manhood in Quebec, I guess.
I'm surprised no one has mentioned buying the reamer, then cut a thread or two off the breach, extend the chamber and keep shooting it. The only place that's worn out is the the throat … Should be able to get several iterations on one barrel and should be no more expensive than chambering a new barrel. By purchasing the reamer, you should get successive chambers that are about as similar as is possible.
Usually you need to cut atleast a few inches off to make it worth the effort. You also start running out of shoulder on most barrels quickly.... can be done but not usually cost effective.
Not hard to do if you have a lathe with a screw feed.
Or the right dies.
It looks like black magic. But if you do it regularly... not hard.
Sirhr
Used to have to do it on tapered threads on a haas tl3. Half manual half cnc lathe. Still not the easiest.
The taper does add more than a little consternation...
Soft Jaws!
But, yeah, it's not simple. But if you have chased a lot of threads... it's not black magic, either!
Sirhr
