Finishing a couple new rifles

[Dave Roelle]

Dave, what kind of floor wax do you use?
I might put a couple more coats on these, but I cant wax them before I get done with the oil. The center rifle was the first one and it has a .22 barrel also with it. That rifle started out as a .44-75 but the barrel was a screw up that had a muzzle loaded deep groove and the barrel maker replaced it with a proper one that I chambered as a .44-100 Rem 2.6 strait and later on I asked if they still had the bad barrel and I bought it back at a low price thinking maybe I can work with it and make it shoot. I spent a lot of time making brass lapping slugs and started with 80 grid compound increasing the slugs to shallow up the groove dept and I rechambered it to a .44-90 BNto get a higher load so the patched bullet fills the grooves.
I didn't have much time last season to shoot it except for a hand full of loads but it showed promise accuracy wise. I will work with it next spring. If it don't work out I will rebarrel it with a .40-65.

Hi Kurt---------------i use the original formula Briwax

http://www.briwax-online.com/wax.html

carnuba and bees-wax-----------

Thats a bunch of work reclaiming a barrel, hope it shoots for ya !!!!

I'm playing with a 38-55 in a Highwall, originally built by John King, just finished loading brass to fire-form with 270 gr slugs from a Buffalo Arms mold------an original unertyl "small game" scope is inbound for it, oughta be fun at the sillywett range

Dave