Stainless barrel liner, 50cal?

[Nessmuk]

I am wondering if I can reline my Lyman deerstalker 50cal with a diameter turned down stainless barrel for a liner?
I'd still have a carbon steel breech plug, but that's ok
My barrel is pitted.

[LAGS]

Call Bobby Hoyt.
He has Relined several barrels for me.
Not in Stainless , but that is a good Idea
He can also rebore and refresh your barrel for less

[Jedman]

Not sure what you mean by diameter turned ? I have used dozens of used rifle barrels and turned them down to use as a rifle liner in a shotgun barrel. You could do the same in a muzzleloader for a 50 cal. It would probably need to be approximately 7/8” OD.

Jedman

[LAGS]

The liners on the Muzzleloaders that I had Hoyt do for me are about 3/4" diameter I think , or maybe a little less.
I had him do several in .50 and two back to .54.
But if you are not concerned about the caliber.
Just have the .50 barrel rebored to .54.
He will cut the rifling twist to whatever twist that you want.
I had him rebore a .56 Smooth bore to .61 cal with 1:60 twist.
I stayed with Slow Twist since I prefer to shoot round balls out of mine.

[dondiego]

I am wondering if I can reline my Lyman deerstalker 50cal with a diameter turned down stainless barrel for a liner?
I'd still have a carbon steel breech plug, but that's ok
My barrel is pitted.

It may be pitted but how does it shoot?

[waksupi]

It may be pitted but how does it shoot?

Exactly!

[Nessmuk]

I've never been real happy with how it shot. They are rifled 1x48 and I shoot a heavy maxi-hunter.
Stainless is appealing as well.
I need to find a suitable donor barrel.

[Jackrabbit1957]

I would look at the crown real close, pitting in a barrel doesn't mean it won't shoot accurately. If the crown is dinged, dented or pitted it can easily be cleaned up and bring back accuracy.