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barnbwt · January 7, 2013, 12:07 AM

I actually found someone locally who will let me turn the barrel on his lathe--provided I learn to do it myself

so he can work on his other projects for the hours it will take to complete.

The barrel is 1.75" + scale now, and I need to turn it down to 1.262" stepped to 1.000" (that's a lot of material to remove

). Still, if I can get a passable barrel made from the 100$ blank for the cost of tooling and some pizzas, my 50 Alaskan build may end up under 500$

(250$ so far + 50$ for dies)

The latest in a string of "happy accidents" on this project

TCB

January 7, 2013, 12:07 AM	#3
barnbwt Senior Member Join Date: May 17, 2012 Posts: 240	I actually found someone locally who will let me turn the barrel on his lathe--provided I learn to do it myself so he can work on his other projects for the hours it will take to complete. The barrel is 1.75" + scale now, and I need to turn it down to 1.262" stepped to 1.000" (that's a lot of material to remove ). Still, if I can get a passable barrel made from the 100$ blank for the cost of tooling and some pizzas, my 50 Alaskan build may end up under 500$ (250$ so far + 50$ for dies) The latest in a string of "happy accidents" on this project TCB __________________ "Guns don't kill people; people kill people. Guns protect people from people with smaller guns." -Stan Smith