Thread: Making a Sharps Barrel in my lathe.

Hi Scouser, Pal old mate!, I love toolmakers, they have lots of used milling bits that are gold to a hobby machinist!!, yes that's all I`m doing this with, second hand mill bits, new ones are to pricey. Any way I keep trying the d/ tail block for fit and when it just starts to go in, that's it, it will be a nice press fit in the barrel. With that sorted I made up the small screw to holed the spring, assembled it all and had a test and it works OK, The other hole in the block is to hold the forearm stock at the back and there`s one at the front, will have to mill one for the front sight on top of the barrel with a spacer so it will line up with the back tang sight and inline with the bore. So two more dove tails should finish work on the barrel, or maybe I should do one for the back sight on top of the barrel as well just encase the tang sight is no good, like a rifle with a scope on., Cheers, Homebrew.357.
, And it just starts in.
, All tests OK.