Green Mountain barrel

[JIMHAY97]

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.

[JIMHAY97]

Let me ask this a different way. Is there a difference between a BPCR barrel and a muzzle loading barrel?

[Don McDowell]

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

[JIMHAY97]

Can a chrome moly barrel be browned?

[Don McDowell]

Yes Laurel mtn cold brown does a real good job.

[Slugun45]

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.