Not sure where to post this question but this seems to make sense. I have an approximately 6" piece of barrel I cut from an 1871 Mauser I am sporterizing and was wondering if any clever, crafty, or creative folks have any ideas what to do with it. I hate wasting stuff and the idea that this came from a 140 year old rifle is sort of cool. I thought of cutting a piece and making it into a ring (finger type). Otherwise... I am plumb out of ideas.
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It'd make a good pistol barrel, something like one of the larger Deringers.
Last edited by Nueces; 04-18-2019 at 02:34 PM.
Use the metal to make a Flash hider for another rifle, or like was said, a BP pistol of some sort.
I have a box of barrel cut offs that I have acquired over 30 years.
They slowly get used for projects.
I even turned down the outside of some, and used them to make Barrel liners for some pistols with really bad bores as well as Cylinder liners to reduce the caliber of a revolver that wasn't in the best of shape.
Like old top break revolvers.
You tend to collect a few cutoffs over time. The T-Handle on top of the pile is one of the better uses that I have found. The barrel section is now a handle for a rimfire reamer holder.
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+1 for pistol barrel. Maybe something in a single shot target.
I have used sections of barrels for gages and other parts. When my .243 course gun was built the short length of barrel became a shoulder throat neck gage. Gunsmith set it up and chambered it so that the shoulder neck and throat were in it. I can use it to set the Dies bump back check Loaded round neck dia ( its a tight neck at .267). And when new the bullet length but that's changed now. LOL. This gage has been a big help.
Like any stubs a length of barrel can be used for a lot of things. Set it on the stock rack and wait to see what comes up
Originally Posted by RED BEAR
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In 1968, the first muzzleloader I had was a handgun I fashioned from an 8" section (muzzle) of a .44cal rifle barrel I had shortened.
I was just starting out to do my own gunsmithing, as I couldn't afford the services of a pro (I had a family & 3 kids on a military paycheck)
It was a neat project, tapping the rear of the cutoff for a breechplug I made from a large stovebolt, welding a tang onto the bolt head and installing a percussion drum to the barrel side, and carving out a "Plains Pistol" type stock from a large chunk of walnut I had on hand. (I bought/inletted/installed a commercial lock, trigger & triggerguard from DGW)
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Handles, sizing dies, breech end of barrel for lapping press, bushings, small cannons, tap holders, I just made up a set of 6 bushings for a planter from a chunk of 4140 gun barrel. Never throw away scrap iron!
Great ideas. Thanks everyone!
“Tradition is not to preserve the ashes but to pass on the flame”
If the barrel is a big enough bore size a slice cut from it can make a great paperweight!
(This one is from a piece of a Canadian artillery barrel ...)
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I have a piece of cut off barrel off a double 12 ga. Would really look cool as a pocket pistol.
How about a lamp ?
if the barrel is a big enough bore size a slice cut from it can make a great paperweight!
(this one is from a piece of a canadian artillery barrel ...)
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I had a pull off from a Rem 700 that made a pretty good pry bar.
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If you like loading for shotgun, use a piece of 12g barrel as a guide for centering slug assembly
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The tapered blank you buy has to have both ends cut to some degree. The breech end can have as much as 4-5 inches cut off, depending on the weight. The muzzle end same thing, all about length and weight. But when I cut the tapered muzzle end, I always turn a straight section up to the cutoff point, so that can be chucked for use later. I can't think of everything I've used barrel drops for.
I see that the Canadians favor Micro-Groove barrelsIf the barrel is a big enough bore size a slice cut from it can make a great paperweight!
(This one is from a piece of a Canadian artillery barrel ...)
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Stubbed inside a single shot shotgun and chambered appropriately- the possibilities are many.
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71 mauser has a .446 bore or thereabouts, so chambering it for anything modern is a no-go.
Cutting a 1/2" off a cannon barrel ?
What were they thinking.
You know how much Velocity they just lost . LOL
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