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Rebore - Hiwall55 - 03-26-2017
I have a .40 barrel for a CPA and would like it bored and re-rifled to a .44(438-446) with a 17 twist. John Taylor and JES don't have the tooling. Any body else?
RE: Rebore - desert deuce - 03-26-2017
(03-26-2017, 11:50 AM)Hiwall55 Wrote: I have a .40 barrel for a CPA and would like it bored and re-rifled to a .44(438-446) with a 17 twist. John Taylor and JES don't have the tooling. Any body else?
RE: Rebore - desert deuce - 03-26-2017
Have you considered selling or keeping the .40 Cal barrel and ordering a Green Mountain Barrel?
I have one of those 17 twist Green Mountain Barrels in 44 Maynard (44-70) that is amazingly accurate.
RE: Rebore - Kurt - 03-26-2017
The .44-70 Maynard would make a fine caliber, it is for my future. I checked on this, to have CPA fit a barrel for your action it would run about $700. with them supplying the barrel.
What is the barrel and twist of the .40 caliber you want to rebore? I might be interested in the barrel.
RE: Rebore - Don McDowell - 03-26-2017
Have you checked with Norm Turner that advertises in the BPCR news?
RE: Rebore - Old Jim - 03-26-2017
Norm Johnson in ND does reboring conversions. He has an ad in BPCNews.
RE: Rebore - Hiwall55 - 03-26-2017
The barrel is a green mountain #4 Winchester taper, 16 twist, 30 inches long and D+T on 17 inch centers for an MVA 28 inch scope. Chambered for .405 Hornaday brass by CPA to be a 2.5 40/70 SS.
I built a 1885 with a badger barrel using Captech brass and I prefer to shoot it so I leave the 38/56 barrel on this CPA rifle.
Thanks for the leads on the rebore
Bill