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Gary L. Griffiths · July 26, 2008, 09:18 PM

Hi, all!

I recently obtained a poorly sporterized Krag that could be reworked into a nice carbine-length hunting rifle. The barrel was cut to 24" which is too long for the now shortened stock, and it has an ugly ramp sight heat-shrunk on.

I plan to shorten it an additional 2", then recrown the barrel. I know how to use a round-headed brass screw with valve grinding compound in a drill chuck to bevel the rifling, but is there any easy way to bevel the outside edge of the muzzle so it appears rounded instead of flat? I am trying to avoid having to remove the barrel and chuck it in a lathe.

Thanks!

July 26, 2008, 09:18 PM	#1
Gary L. Griffiths Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2000 Location: AZ, WA Posts: 1,466	How to Cut, Crown Barrel Hi, all! I recently obtained a poorly sporterized Krag that could be reworked into a nice carbine-length hunting rifle. The barrel was cut to 24" which is too long for the now shortened stock, and it has an ugly ramp sight heat-shrunk on. I plan to shorten it an additional 2", then recrown the barrel. I know how to use a round-headed brass screw with valve grinding compound in a drill chuck to bevel the rifling, but is there any easy way to bevel the outside edge of the muzzle so it appears rounded instead of flat? I am trying to avoid having to remove the barrel and chuck it in a lathe. Thanks! __________________ Violence is an ugly thing, but not the ugliest of things. The decayed and degraded state of moral and valorous feeling which believes that nothing is worth violence is much worse. Those who have nothing for which they are willing to fight; nothing they care about more than their own craven apathy; are miserable creatures who have no chance of being free, unless made and kept so by the valor of those better than themselves. Gary L. Griffiths (Paraphrasing John Stuart Mill)