New project, coning a barrel

[Eric Krewson]

I may trash it; it is a Bobby Hoyt re-bore from .50 to.54 that he did poorly with several loose spots. I just bought a 38".50 Rice barrel for a Haines rifle. I had some major sticker shock when I looked up what parts cost now; $52 just for a butt plate, they cost about $20 when I bought the parts for the Haines rifle with questionable barrel. I may strip the stock of parts from my current Haines rifle and make a restock with a cherry stock blank I have. I never used the blank because of the big knot; I found out yesterday that my Haines pattern completely misses the knot.

[sleek]

Well, I will certainly be following along. You say you may trash it, you mean just the barrel right?

[Eric Krewson]

Just the barrel and stock if I do. The lock and all of the furniture is worth about $500. I have a new Kibler lock as well. It will be hard to trash such a beautiful rifle, I could turn it into a safe queen if I decide to keep it intact. I have about a thousand in it and could probably get the barrel rebored to a .58 but that would be sinking another $150 into a flawed project. My work is impecible, the stock had too many flaws to start with.

Here is one flaw that I didn't notice until I was adding finish to the stock; the precarver didn't cut the ramrod channel straight, it has an arc in it.