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Green Mountain barrel - JIMHAY97 - 03-31-2013
I've been thinking that I'd like to make a bench rest slug gun. Green Mountain sells a 40 cal barrel blank, BX4016-2, 1-16 twist, 1.4" dia and 35" long. They say it's for a cartridge gun but I was wondering if it couldn't be drilled and tapped for a breech plug and used as a muzzle loader. I'm a retired machinist and have access to machines to do the work. Anybody have an opinion on using this barrel? Any other barrels I should look at? I know this is kind of a vauge question but I don't know enough yet to ask detailed ones.
RE: Green Mountain barrel - JIMHAY97 - 04-03-2013
Let me ask this a different way. Is there a difference between a BPCR barrel and a muzzle loading barrel?
RE: Green Mountain barrel - Don McDowell - 04-03-2013
Jim I really don't know of any reason why your plan with that barrel wouldn't work. The only real difference between it and a regular muzzleloading barrel is the steel it's made from
RE: Green Mountain barrel - JIMHAY97 - 04-04-2013
Can a chrome moly barrel be browned?
RE: Green Mountain barrel - Don McDowell - 04-04-2013
Yes Laurel mtn cold brown does a real good job.
RE: Green Mountain barrel - Slugun45 - 04-09-2013
(03-31-2013, 01:35 PM)JIMHAY97 Wrote: I've been thinking that I'd like to make a bench rest slug gun. Green Mountain sells a 40 cal barrel blank, BX4016-2, 1-16 twist, 1.4" dia and 35" long. They say it's for a cartridge gun but I was wondering if it couldn't be drilled and tapped for a breech plug and used as a muzzle loader. I'm a retired machinist and have access to machines to do the work. Anybody have an opinion on using this barrel? Any other barrels I should look at? I know this is kind of a vauge question but I don't know enough yet to ask detailed ones.
I know of no reason why it wouldn't work; although most of my expertise is on the shooting end rather than the smithing end. Krieger has a barrel that is large enough to do the job as well.