KCSO
10-15-2012, 12:30 PM
Miracles Take Longer
Well it happened again… A customer came in with Grandfathers gun and needed it fixed, it was illegal. Way back when before 1934 you could buy trapper guns with short barrels and a rifle stock and here it was a Remington rolling block trapper with a 12” barrel.
The current owner wanted it fixed up legal and he wanted a shooting gun AND he wanted to keep the gun as original as possible.
So it was off to the shop where the barrel was quickly separated from the frame and chucked into the lathe. The barrel was faced off at 8” and bored smooth for a liner, but not really a liner…
The stub shank of the barrel bored and faced.
The old barrel would form a stub shank for a new old Remington barrel with the rear half turned into a type of liner. I had a 22 barrel from an old Remington rifle that had about a mint bore and this was also chucked into the lathe and turned in steps to form a liner and extension to the stub shank.
Turning the liner/extension portion of the barrel.
The barrel was turned to a press fit in the shank and both the liner and the stub were degreased and the bore of the liner was plugged. The liner was then coated with Brownell’s Agra-Glass ™ and the liner was pressed into the stub and held true for curing in the lathe.
Two sections of the barrel joined with Acra Glass ™.
While the barrel was curing the action was stripped and cleaned and as it still had 80% of the original case hardened finish under a layer of grease and old paint it was left with the original finish to wait for it’s new barrel.
Althought dirty and paint smeared the original finish is still under there somewhere.
The sections were allowed to cure for 24 hours and then the barrel was turned to the factory taper and cleaned for bluing. The chamber was cut and the rear of the barrel faced off for perfect headspace and the extractor groove was re-cut. The barrel was then assembled onto the frame for test firing. The rifle was now accurate and legal. In addition the repair was barely nooticable even under close inspection.
Where’s the repair?
Right here ,somewhere!
They say the proof of the pudding is in the tasting and the proof of the rifle is in the shooting. Since I can’t do really good work with the crude sights on this little rolling block I clamped the gun in a padded vise and shot it at 20 yards in the shop. The gun shot 3 shots into one hole at that range so it should be good enough for any shooting the owner wants to do.
Remington #6 ready to roll.
The pictures are below.
Well it happened again… A customer came in with Grandfathers gun and needed it fixed, it was illegal. Way back when before 1934 you could buy trapper guns with short barrels and a rifle stock and here it was a Remington rolling block trapper with a 12” barrel.
The current owner wanted it fixed up legal and he wanted a shooting gun AND he wanted to keep the gun as original as possible.
So it was off to the shop where the barrel was quickly separated from the frame and chucked into the lathe. The barrel was faced off at 8” and bored smooth for a liner, but not really a liner…
The stub shank of the barrel bored and faced.
The old barrel would form a stub shank for a new old Remington barrel with the rear half turned into a type of liner. I had a 22 barrel from an old Remington rifle that had about a mint bore and this was also chucked into the lathe and turned in steps to form a liner and extension to the stub shank.
Turning the liner/extension portion of the barrel.
The barrel was turned to a press fit in the shank and both the liner and the stub were degreased and the bore of the liner was plugged. The liner was then coated with Brownell’s Agra-Glass ™ and the liner was pressed into the stub and held true for curing in the lathe.
Two sections of the barrel joined with Acra Glass ™.
While the barrel was curing the action was stripped and cleaned and as it still had 80% of the original case hardened finish under a layer of grease and old paint it was left with the original finish to wait for it’s new barrel.
Althought dirty and paint smeared the original finish is still under there somewhere.
The sections were allowed to cure for 24 hours and then the barrel was turned to the factory taper and cleaned for bluing. The chamber was cut and the rear of the barrel faced off for perfect headspace and the extractor groove was re-cut. The barrel was then assembled onto the frame for test firing. The rifle was now accurate and legal. In addition the repair was barely nooticable even under close inspection.
Where’s the repair?
Right here ,somewhere!
They say the proof of the pudding is in the tasting and the proof of the rifle is in the shooting. Since I can’t do really good work with the crude sights on this little rolling block I clamped the gun in a padded vise and shot it at 20 yards in the shop. The gun shot 3 shots into one hole at that range so it should be good enough for any shooting the owner wants to do.
Remington #6 ready to roll.
The pictures are below.