Rebarreled my 500-450 double

[elk hunter]

For several months, as I've had time, I've been working on a new set of barrels for my 1880's vintage T. Turner 500-450 double. After my trip to the range this morning to shoot a group to check the sights I'm quite happy. All that is left to do is finish polishing the barrels and then rust blue them.

The attached picture of the fifty yard group many not impress some people, but I'm pleased. I blew the one shot out as I had shot about twenty rounds from the bench at that point. I shot similar groups the day before, but had to machine off the sight base to get the group nearer the point of aim.

I plan on putting pictures in the album section showing part of the work/steps involved.

[AkMike]

That's impressive work. Regulating barrels can be a serious PITA!

[elk hunter]

Mike,

Thanks, I'll take that as a compliment.

Regulating can be trying, but if your patient anyone could do it.

[Newtire]

That is one nice looking rifle!

[elk hunter]

That is one nice looking rifle!

Thanks, I like it, a lot.

This is my favorite cast bullet rifle, big enough for serious work, small enough to be fun to shoot. Case capacity is 140 grains of black powder, that's twice what a 45-70 holds.

[Artful]

Nice looking group and gun.

So your replacing an existing set of barrels with a new caliber or is it the same caliber?

[nanuk]

that rifle looks just like my Cogswell and Harrison.

wonder if they were manufactured at the same plant somewhere?

[gnoahhh]

Bravo! Excellent workmanship!

[elk hunter]

Nice looking group and gun.

So your replacing an existing set of barrels with a new caliber or is it the same caliber?

Same caliber. I had a custom reamer made to match the RCBS dies that I have. The reamer was only half the cost of another set of dies. Besides it's just a great caliber, 350 grain bullets clock over 1900 fps, 320 grain right at 2000 fps.

As for it looking like a Cogswell & Harrison, all British rifles of that era look a lot alike. I too have a C&H but in 577 BPE. Turner was quite well known and did make rifles for other big names that sold under the retailers name, i.e. W. J. Jeffery for one. Jeffery by the way did not make rifles as such, he would bring in others work and finish them or bring them in as a finished rifles and retail them under his name.

[fredw1324]

WOW, nice work, glad to see more DR shooters out there. Its absolutly addictive