hummer barrels

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g n brezinski

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on average how any hummer barrels would you see out of say 50 if that is possable .i saw that tony boyer has got a few and that along with his abilaty has put him ahead of the pack in points
 
You can not pick a hummer barrel, you could change the length by 1/4 inch and turn a barrel 10 degrees to find a good shooting barrel, if a person could pick a hummer barrel you would not have enough money to buy it, barrels don't have to be straight to shoot well, you have to just put a good chamber and muzzle on a barrel and try it, some barrels just don't shoot and the bore seems fine, that's the joy of shooting, the gunsmith can not be blamed for this, have fun shooting, they are out there.
 
Once you've experienced a Hummer barrel you would understand. They do exist, I've had 3 or 4. The rest are in varying degrees of "Teasers".

Having said that, there are people who can make hummers from some teasers. There is a thread on here somewhere where folks got into it a bit and showed some of their advanced equipment. No one advertised a service for lapping though, not that I've found. I think someone who can do it well could get a lot of money for their services.
 
zippy06 said:
None. Tony Boyer has a photographic memory. Gotta remember, where all bullets go with the conditions............
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back in the day of Precision Shooting Magazine there was an article with pictures of Tony at Dwight Scott's shop watching Dwight chamber his 20 barrels he had taken there. As I recall, Tony hoped for 2 great barrels out of the 20 and a couple pretty good ones to practice with. He said the first 200 rounds were the best from a barrel and it was down hill from there. He tested with one load. If the barrel didn't shoot that load, he screwed it off the gun and moved on. All written down for folks to see.

I have talked to several people who have owned barrels that would allow them to hold in the center and shoot without worrying a lot about conditions. I have experienced that also, As I have said previously.
 
Pete Wass said:
back in the day of Precision Shooting Magazine there was an article with pictures of Tony at Dwight Scott's shop watching Dwight chamber his 20 barrels he had taken there. As I recall, Tony hoped for 2 great barrels out of the 20 and a couple pretty good ones to practice with. He said the first 200 rounds were the best from a barrel and it was down hill from there. He tested with one load. If the barrel didn't shoot that load, he screwed it off the gun and moved on. All written down for folks to see.

I have talked to several people who have owned barrels that would allow them to hold in the center and shoot without worrying a lot about conditions. I have experienced that also, As I have said previously.
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Mark t said:
You can not pick a hummer barrel, you could change the length by 1/4 inch and turn a barrel 10 degrees to find a good shooting barrel, if a person could pick a hummer barrel you would not have enough money to buy it, barrels don't have to be straight to shoot well, you have to just put a good chamber and muzzle on a barrel and try it, some barrels just don't shoot and the bore seems fine, that's the joy of shooting, the gunsmith can not be blamed for this, have fun shooting, they are out there.
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Actually, there are people who can identify great barrels by "slugging" them to evaluate the condition inside them. Not a lot is said about the process but I attended an Accuracy school last winter where it was discussed and the equipment to do it shown. There are people who do it. There was a long thread about it last winter on here. It is possible to make barrels a lot better and perhaps "Hummers" but it is a lot of work and gearing up to do it.

Most of us take what we get and use it. Most of them are teasers, in one form or another. We learn to make them shoot as best they can but a hummer isn't fussy about a lot of the things we have to do to make the fussy ones shoot.
 
Mark t said:
You can not pick a hummer barrel, you could change the length by 1/4 inch and turn a barrel 10 degrees to find a good shooting barrel, if a person could pick a hummer barrel you would not have enough money to buy it, barrels don't have to be straight to shoot well, you have to just put a good chamber and muzzle on a barrel and try it, some barrels just don't shoot and the bore seems fine, that's the joy of shooting, the gunsmith can not be blamed for this, have fun shooting, they are out there.
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I don't agree with most of this.
 
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