CUSTOM BARREL WORK
*Custom Barrels
*Barrel Threading
*Cutting & Crowning
*Cerakote Refinishing
Located in Luling, LA
*Custom Barrels
*Barrel Threading
*Cutting & Crowning
*Cerakote Refinishing
Located in Luling, LA
Got some pics of your work? We love pics here lol
Yup!! They are getting few and far inbetweenThanks for posting ... always good to know where a good Gunsmith is located ...
I'm writing down your contact info ... just in case I need some work done !
Gary
Ok in the 2nd to last pic, what is that defect in the barrel? looks like a chuck scar someone tried to clean up with a file.This is a custom Heavy .308 for a Remington 700
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I appreciate your “critique”, however,:Ok in the 2nd to last pic, what is that defect in the barrel? looks like a chuck scar someone tried to clean up with a file.
In the last pic, adjust your feeds and speeds or use sharper tooling to get a better surface finish or at least use files cratex and scotch bright to clean those faces up. But I see chatter in the corner of your counterbore so it probably feeds and speeds
Also do you not break your corners?
Where did you get your gunsmith schooling at ? And Master Armorer certification ?CUSTOM BARREL WORK
*Custom Barrels
*Barrel Threading
*Cutting & Crowning
*Cerakote Refinishing
Located in Luling, LA
Thanks for asking! I went through AGI for my Master Armorer and Gunsmithing Certifications. I have also attended numerous other firearms schools over the last 20 years.Where did you get your gunsmith schooling at ? And Master Armorer certification ?
How would one go about holding tolerances that small?This barrel was made by myself with a .0003” tolerance from a raw barrel blank.
First, it requires making your wife angry by spending thousands of dollars on quality equipment! LOL!How would one go about holding tolerances that small?
I have spent up to an hour indicating a barrel, just because I wanted it “perfect”. Now I know that there is no such thing as a true .00000…..” barrel. It’s doesn’t exist! There are some really high end barrels that I’ve been told are down to .00005”, but those were also made with $500,000.00 machines and you’re paying a premium price for them. My indicator can read down to .0001” and I’m yet to get a finished product that close. Maybe one day!I get that part, but how do you physically get the barrel lined up that good?
Well cool story, good for you, and I hope one day I can get as good as you!Oh yeah I got plenty of experience, I’ve been there, done that, still doing it.
Not trying to stat a fight, but that’s chatter
Any decent machinist can see it. Go post a pic of your barrel on practical machinist or accurate shooter and ask for opinions. You’re gonna get your feelings hurt.
Congrats on turning down a blank to a contour, that’s not that difficult but why would you care about the od of it being .0003? It does not matter and I don’t know one barrel company that cares about the od other than surface finish. And how are you machining .0003 and more importantly how are you measuring that? I’ve been to shilen, I’ve been in inspection rooms capable of that , I’ve been in a benchrest gunsmiths shop that is capable of that, unless you’re climate controlled with $250k of very specialized metrology equipment you’re not measuring to .0003, even though you have a .0001 test indicator. You chambering on a 10ee? High dollar cnc? Then no .0003.
Looking at your threads and finish work, you’re not holding anything to .0003.
And yes you need to break your corners 1/32 radius , or else you’ll have feeding problems and shave brass. I even radius single shot match 22’s so it doesn’t scratch the lead bullet and those are fed by hand.
Look I’m self taught and by no means a professional but I’ve been doing this a long time. I found every old gunsmith and machinist who’d let me watch them and learned and took criticism. All my shooting accomplishments are with my own work. There’s a very few on this board that I’ve done work for and know what I can do.
I want you to get better, and you’ll get there, if you listen to criticism and improve your technique, but you’re not ready to hang your shingle. I in good conscience could not charge for work of that quality.
Jeez man.Well cool story, good for you, and I hope one day I can get as good as you!