Sleeve my 25acp chamber

[H&R Glock]

My gunsmith just gave my 25acp back to me unfixed. The chamber is so pitted that the brass will not extract, The brass actually has to be beaten out of the chamber.
Walther model 5 barrels are no longer available, so my only hope is having the chamber drilled and sleeved. Since this is a low pressure round, I figured someone out there could do it for me.
Thanks

 

[drsfmd]

Your gunsmith couldn't handle that? He's not much of a gunsmith then!

 

[Jim K]

The question might not be can the gunsmith do it, but can he do it at a price that the customer will bear and won't exceed the value of the gun?

Jim

 

[rcmodel]

And is he willing to risk a lawsuit if it fails sometime down the road?

The .25 ACP operates at 25,000 PSI.
Or about twice that of the .45 Colt.
Or 10,000 less then a .40 S&W.

Perhaps there isn't enough wall thickness to drill, ream, press in a liner, and cut a new chamber in the liner?

Perhaps the "not much of a gunsmith" is smarter then some give him credit for??

rc

 

[natman]

I agree that there could be plenty of good reasons the gunsmith wouldn't want to do it.

There's plenty of of good reasons this might not work either, but if I had a 25 ACP with a bad chamber, I'd at least take a look at this.

Was the Model 5 ever made in 32 ACP?

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

The Number 5's entire barrel is not hard to spin up from a properly rifled blank given you find a competent fella.

 

[Jim K]

The problem is finding a .25 blank. The only source I know of would be using a .25 caliber rifle barrel, and I guarantee the cost of the barrel and the work would be many times the cost of that little Walther.

I think the most feasible action would be just to retire the little gun to collector status and buy another .25 auto or one of the more powerful guns now that are not much larger.

(Rebarrelling to .32 ACP is not feasible; the cartridge won't fit the magazine of a .25, and firing it would beat the gun to death.)

Jim

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

I'd be holding costs down by scouring shows for cast off/parted out barrels with sufficient meat to turn into the desired profile even if it meant a bit of building up to get it done.

Minor problem but steer clear of the oversized grooves of rifle .25 barrels - I think the generally standard .257 groove will leave you sloppy.

 

[rcmodel]

Probably the wrong rifling twist anyway.

rc

 

[hang fire]

For the .25 acp, rifling twist would be a non factor, they are hardly a target pistol.

 

[colonelhogan44]

WARNING, THIS IS MOST LIKELY AWFUL ADVICE!

Why not flow a little bit of silver solder or braze into the chamber and then polish it smooth?

Depending on the temperature, you might not have to worry about heat treating -- I'd have to look at the charts to tell you exactly what that point would be.

 

[ApacheCoTodd]

Cool - chamber bondo! I'd like to try that some time, seems a .25 would be a good test bed.

 

[colonelhogan44]

I'd try it if it was mine...and the first few shots would be with the gun strapped to a log with a looooong string. Haha.

 

[H&R Glock]

I am in awe concerning your replies.... Thank You all! Since I was the recipient of this pistol as a gift, (no wonder) I did not lose any money on it.
Now I know what to do with it! Gun Broker here I come. The thing is rife with rare parts. I will sell it as a parts gun using my C & R license. The thing is fully functional (as a single shot) and the original finish is above average for a hunnert' year old pistol. I attach a picture of the gun for youse' guys' to see,
The magazine oughta' be worth $25, etc. etc.
The idea of flowing silver solder in the chamber was, in my opinion, the best fix, however, getting rid of it is the better route for me.

 

[RaceM]

I was gonna post ColonelHogan's suggestion but he'd beaten me to it. Don't see any reason a good de-rusting, polishing, then tinning the chamber wouldn't work. Low temp silver solder flows at around 400 degrees. Use the rosin cored type, not acid cored.