Jerry Sharrett-----questions, copper pennies

[Lucky Shooter A]

Jerry,

You mentioned the use of pre-82 pennies between the barrel and chuck.

What are the advantages of this over the use of heavy copper wire ?

Do you also use pennies between the spider and barrel ?

Thanks for any info.

A. Weldy

 

[skeetlee]

I know one older gentlemen that uses pennies between his reamer and a pair of vise grips when reaming his chambers. he says you wont ever brake a reamer this way. he shoots well, as does his barrels. lee

 

[JerrySharrett]

Jerry,

You mentioned the use of pre-82 pennies between the barrel and chuck.

What are the advantages of this over the use of heavy copper wire ?

Do you also use pennies between the spider and barrel ?

Thanks for any info.

A. Weldy

To start with the pre-1982 copper pennies are just that-solid copper. That was back when men were men and money was...well....more metal and less fake/fait crap!

The second reason I like the pennies, if you just chuck on a small part (about 1/5 or two jaw notches) you get better grip on the barrel and at the same time have enough flex so the barrel does not bend. If it were to bend some I dare anyone to prove the bend is permanent!!

I don't do polished barrels, much more fun to shoot them than to polish them, so I just put the spider screws directly on the barrel surface. I use thumbscrews and only tighten them to probably 10-20 inch/pounds.

 

[Wayne Shaw]

To butt in on this thread, I use copper water pipe for the spider. About a 2" long piece of pipe, split it in quarters, and bend a short leg on one end to hold on to. I assume they are copper, looks like copper.

 

[Mike Bryant]

These stainless rings are what I use. They were made from a piece of 1.450 unlimited barrel bored out to 1.250 and 1.200 with a split cut in the side. They are about .250 to .300" in width. The chuck tightens down well on the ring and the ring lets the barrel pivot in the chuck when moving the muzzle end of the barrel in the spider at the rear of the lathe spindle. The wider ring that is showing up as a separate thumbnail was what I used to use until I made the smaller rings.

 

[skeetlee]

I like Mike's idea. I think ill try that. Lee

 

[Pete Wass]

A friend told me - -

his Smith uses copper wire; like sections of the Ground wire in Romex. Sounds interesting and I am gonna try it.