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Used to be a company called South Bend replicas that made cannon barrels. If you need something less than full scale then you're probably going to be better off to sleeve the barrel with something smaller like a .50 caliber or 20mm barrel. What diameter bore are you looking for?

I don't believe that teen aggs are in the chambering. I think that teen aggs are in the barrel itself and in load preparation and components. I remember a prominent 'smith up in Va. taking a good barrel and screwing up the chamber several different ways, putting the barrel back on and it didn't...

I haven't had but a few calls for Winchester bolts but have you thought about Remington 788 bolt replacements?

Reamers arrived! Now I can get a couple of rifles out the door that I have been holding the tab on. Thanks Dave!

I don't use the "gordy rod" any more. I got too many readings that were suspect (couldn't believe barrels were that bad) and went back to pins. I suspect that each time the bushing "falls" into a groove the indicator gives a false reading. This is especially bad on 3 groove barrels while not so...

Dave, Been waiting since April for a custom .270 and a 6BRX. How do I get to be a direct customer? Maybe I can team with Nat :) Blair Clowdis Clowdis Precision

Had to give my Cobra a spin around the county in Carroll's memory.

Bob Jones might have some parts, I know he carries some of the Redfield sights. Give him a shout.

Jackie, Mine is for a Remington model 7 footprint stainless action from Defiance Machine. If it doesn't show up by the end of the month I'll just go with an ADL type of setup and not delay construction any longer. I think a floorplate makes a much nicer action but you can only do what you can...

Been waiting since March on bottom metal that was going to ship in 2 weeks. Last phone conversation I had with them (told them I needed a no BS answer) they assured me that the bottom metal would ship on July 15th. We'll see.

replaced the breaker yesterday and that seems to have fixed the problem. Thanks for all the help guys!

Nat, I'm hooked to straight 240V 3 phase in my shop. I think what I'll do is try to find a 15 amp circuit breaker per Roscoe's recommendation and see if that cures to problem. Seems like the proper place to start anyway :)

I believe the breaker is 13 amps, so it's close but shouldn't be much of a problem. At least I don't think it should.

A question for those of you that have replaced the motor on your Chinese lathe. Did you replace it because it was kicking out the breaker or was there another reason. Mine keeps kicking out the breaker but I'm not sure it's a bad breaker or a bad motor. It doesn't seem to be drawing too many...

When you are checking the very breech end of the bore, and you have the DTI stem right up close to just behind the bushing, you will be pretty much reading about what the movement of the pilot bushing is. BUT, when you push it in 2 inches into the bore the readings on your DTI will not be...

Ted, I don't make barrels anymore. The reamer that I used came from JGS if I remember correctly and had no pilot. I was only taking about .005 so I really didn't need a pilot. I guess one on the shank might have helped. It reminded me of a forcing cone reamer but worked really well. Almost every...

No, that's why you cut some off the muzzle end and put a chamber in the other end. I used to make some black powder barrels and I used a push reamer for the bore and every time it would bell the end of the bore a little bit before it got to running true. It would also do the same thing on the...

What I'm saying is that I find it even better about 3 inches in at the chuck jaws and then another 2 inches in behind the jaws. Reamers can enlarge the bore just a bit for an inch or so maybe more when getting started. That's what I'm learning to avoid.

Just didn't always get "happy" readings Boyd. Seemed to get indications sometimes that a land was different from the others and that raised the question about OK where's center on this axis vs. center on the other axis. That combined with the fact that the manufacturers always want you to cut an...

I have never been quite happy with Gordy's method of indicating in a barrel so I tried something a bit different yesterday. First I indicate the outside of the barrel at the chuck jaws and at the spider end (muzzle) of the barrel. Once I get it running true there I switch to indicating using the...