enkindler
Member
I am very interested in producing my own rifle, not in kit form but actually making as many of the parts as possible. This has been in the works for years and it does not have a set time line but I am really trying to figure to reduce the amount of items I will need to purchase from other manufactures.
the two major components I will be buying are the lock work (lots of manufactures use to purchase locks so this is OK IMHO) and the basic barrel tube. Mostly because drilling that hole seems too hard without a massive investment in tooling.
I am willing to manufacture the gear for cut rifling however and I was hoping to put my idea past the real gunsmiths on this board.
My plan is to produce a helical shape of flat iron approximately twice the length of the barrel. on each end of the barrel i will have two 509 bearings that will work as a "pinch" on the twisted mandrel if that is the correct use of the word. I would then feed the flat iron through one side of the rollers and feed it through the barrel until it exits the other side where it would pass through another set of bearings. then I would attach a cutting tool "still haven't designed that" and i would draw the cutter through, rotate the barrel 90 degrees then repeat until I the grooves were cut to the proper depth.
Is this feasible or will it just be an exercise in frustration?
P.S. this would be a slow turn rate, appropriate for patch and ball.
Thanks,
enkindler
the two major components I will be buying are the lock work (lots of manufactures use to purchase locks so this is OK IMHO) and the basic barrel tube. Mostly because drilling that hole seems too hard without a massive investment in tooling.
I am willing to manufacture the gear for cut rifling however and I was hoping to put my idea past the real gunsmiths on this board.
My plan is to produce a helical shape of flat iron approximately twice the length of the barrel. on each end of the barrel i will have two 509 bearings that will work as a "pinch" on the twisted mandrel if that is the correct use of the word. I would then feed the flat iron through one side of the rollers and feed it through the barrel until it exits the other side where it would pass through another set of bearings. then I would attach a cutting tool "still haven't designed that" and i would draw the cutter through, rotate the barrel 90 degrees then repeat until I the grooves were cut to the proper depth.
Is this feasible or will it just be an exercise in frustration?
P.S. this would be a slow turn rate, appropriate for patch and ball.
Thanks,
enkindler
