12 Volt Man
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Cutting down a barrel and re-crowning.
I shot a Marln .17hmr the other day that the guy had had the bull barrel cut down to 18 inches and re-crowned by a gunsmith. The guy was charged $75.00 to have this done. Reasons for doing this were as follows. 1) it looks very cool 2) supposed to increase muzzle velocity and not affect accuracy.
He definately had an accurate gun.
After shooting and seeing this gun, my Brother In Law and I decided we each had to have one. I'm going to get the CZ 452 Varmint, and he is going to get the Savage with the heavy barrel. We want to have the barrels shortened.
I am looking for tips and best practices to get this done. Maybe a link to a tutorial of sorts. We just got a Smithy Metal Lathe/Mill combo that we could use. I know very very little about recrowning etc.....
Go for it? Or pay the $75.00 bucks to the gunsmith?
I shot a Marln .17hmr the other day that the guy had had the bull barrel cut down to 18 inches and re-crowned by a gunsmith. The guy was charged $75.00 to have this done. Reasons for doing this were as follows. 1) it looks very cool 2) supposed to increase muzzle velocity and not affect accuracy.
He definately had an accurate gun.
After shooting and seeing this gun, my Brother In Law and I decided we each had to have one. I'm going to get the CZ 452 Varmint, and he is going to get the Savage with the heavy barrel. We want to have the barrels shortened.
I am looking for tips and best practices to get this done. Maybe a link to a tutorial of sorts. We just got a Smithy Metal Lathe/Mill combo that we could use. I know very very little about recrowning etc.....
Go for it? Or pay the $75.00 bucks to the gunsmith?