Acceptable DIY way to shorten my rifle barrel?

[Wachtelhund]

Next time,and there will be a next time; just use a band saw to cut the barrel. It works a lot quicker.

 

[GJgo]

Sounds like an opportunity to buy a new tool.

 

[Striker Fired]

I've found that you never learn anything unless you acually do it.Sometimes the benefit of doing something yourself instead of sending it off and sitting there watching tv while somebody else does it for you,is well worth the "voiding of warrantee".Plus the number of times I've seen or heard of the mfg screwing things up even worse is another good reason to just DIY.

 

[W.E.G.]

 

[Striker Fired]

And there you go ,done.No wait.

 

[lefteyedom]

one of these days people are going to learn that doing it yourself is the only way to learn a new skill-set.

 

[lightman]

A good friend has cut several of his barrels off.So many in fact,some of us nicknamed him "hacksaw".He uses tape to make a guide to cut,a new fine tooth blade,a file to smooth and shape the muzzle,and a round headed brass screw with some valve grinding compound to complete the crown.I pefer using a friends lathe,but it can be done successfully by hand. Lightman

 

[rjrivero]

GJgo: Bravo to you, Sir. No need to fear using common tools and common sense. Well done.

I'm not exactly Mr. Fix it, but if you never venture out of your comfort zone, you'll never exapnd your own personal knowledge base.

It's better to try and fail, than to have never tried at all.

 

[GJgo]

Thanks guys. The barrel shoots better now than it did before, so I'll call it a success.

 

[LoonWulf]

Well done, looks like a professional job. You could polish some of the cutter marks out, but other then that looks great.
I need to get one of those crowning tools. I faced the barrel of my nagant by hand, and got it close, but it dosent look as good.

 

[35 Whelen]

Good job, GJ. I'm like you, I'd rather do it myself, even if I screw it up and have to fix it, than send it off to someone else. I've learned so much from just diving in and trying it.

I own a lathe, but when I cut a barrel I chuck it in the lathe and use a hacksaw, then crown it with a Brownells 11° crowning tool. The last few I've spun them in the lathe and smoothed the outside of the muzzle with wet/dry sandpaper.

35W