I would like some feedback. The gun has the octagon barrel. I was thinking that if the liner with a chamber attached was turned and the existing barrel drilled to the same dimensions there should be no safety issues even if fired with factory ammo. The question is how much should be left around the chamber and liner when turning in the lathe? Is this feasible or is it just better to start with a new barrel? But the problems with a new barrel is the size needs to match the old contour or the hardware for attaching the cartridge tube will not fit. The gun has little collector value as the original barrel was cut off years ago due to a ring about 2 inches from the end. I have a lathe so might be able to do the work myself.
If anyone knows where i can find a 1 inch 25 CAL. barrel i would love to start there.
Thanks for reading and any suggestions will be appreciated.