Wanna make barrels?
- Thread starter bryan
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antelopedundee
internet bum
You'd have to sell a LOT of barrels to pay for all of that.
adamsgt
Jerry Adams
Bryan, is that where K&P barrels were? Never mind, I went to the auction site and used their map. Never went to that part of town.
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That appears to be Bo Clerks equipment he is probably more familar to the Schuetzen shooting community and at one point in time he designed and was building Clerke Hi Wall actions. His barrels were considered top of line and Bo was an avid Schuetzen competitor going all the way back to the 70's and he has to be way up there in age if still alive.
JLouis
JLouis
I'm not talking about buying it...well...lock, stock, and barrel. But some of that tooling, such as deep hole drills and reamers, buttons, and the gun barrel quality steel are pretty specific to the barrel making industry. Probably sell for pennies on the dollar.
Interesting is that the highest bid for a machine is on that old Leblond lathe. I'm curious to see what happens with the old barrel making machines.
Justin
Eddie Harren
Member
Wanna make barrels
Bo was a hell of a mechanic. He designed and built the first "chin guns" for the Apache helicopter. While visiting his shop one day he showed me a piece of armor plate from a Russian "Hind" (spelling?) helicopter. He had used it to develop a round for the "chin gun" that would penetrate the Russian armor. He also was making "drop-in" barrels for Butler Creek for Ruger 10-22 rifles.
Bo was a hell of a mechanic. He designed and built the first "chin guns" for the Apache helicopter. While visiting his shop one day he showed me a piece of armor plate from a Russian "Hind" (spelling?) helicopter. He had used it to develop a round for the "chin gun" that would penetrate the Russian armor. He also was making "drop-in" barrels for Butler Creek for Ruger 10-22 rifles.
Butch Lambert
Active member
I doubt a reputable barrelmaker would purchase unknown quality barrel steel. Some of the blanks that are rifled could work if the short length didn't bother you or require a long drive. I could use 2 or 3 of the storage cabinets, but they are too far away. The Cincinnati horizontals are great mills, but who uses a horizontal anymore.
bryan
Bryan Armatys
Equipment
The question I have is this: IF someone wanted to get into barrel making, what would New equipment cost, and is it commercially available? Someone could make tons of money turning this into scrap if they were setup to transport it, but at these prices I'd hate to see that stuff retired. A friend worked there for Bo and his Remington style fitted Savage 308 barrel drills 'me in there at 1000 yards.
It would be nice to see it all sold, building and all, set up and leveled as it is.
BTW, Bo was a character!
BA
The question I have is this: IF someone wanted to get into barrel making, what would New equipment cost, and is it commercially available? Someone could make tons of money turning this into scrap if they were setup to transport it, but at these prices I'd hate to see that stuff retired. A friend worked there for Bo and his Remington style fitted Savage 308 barrel drills 'me in there at 1000 yards.
It would be nice to see it all sold, building and all, set up and leveled as it is.
BTW, Bo was a character!
BA
