New Barrel on the Hawken

Yep I`ve been beavering away making a new .45 barrel for my Hawken plains rifle using my new system , so hopping it will be a lot better one. Only time will tell, have cut the octagonal and milled the sight dove tails and now fitting the under barrel bar and ramrod guide . Then a clean up to get it ready for browning and when that's done it`s off to the range to set the sights and see how it shoots. So if I`m making barrels they have to be good, will keep you posted on results. :thumbsup:
Attachment 130907, Under bar clamped up, J B Welled
Attachment 130908, looking good.
Attachment 130909, .450" cut rifled to .470" six groves, 1-48" twist, should be good after 5,000 balls through it.

love your work mate...keep em coming.

Hey Micky, Have you turned anything into pizza with the .45-70 shotty , hope she`s coming right for you. Will have to try 4140 with my new setup and maybe a new barrel for the Sharps , it`s going good but I can now do better and a right hand twist,:thumbsup:

put lots of holes in hillside.....but not connected yet.... havent had her out for a while.plenty of time.

Have to do a bit of close up stalking Mickey, stick it in the earhole, should get results. All`s looking good, clamps of and the under bar is stuck on like stuff on a blanket. Fits in the stock nicely and the front and back sights just start to go into the dovetails, so a tap in should set them nice and tight. Just need to make it go rusty brown and makeup a new ramrod so I can spit some lead down range.
Attachment 130986, Nice fit.
Attachment 130987, Sights ready to fit.

Even better it left handed just like mine

My one will be going chamois hunting in march when i have some mates out from Germany.
I got a stag, boar and bull tahr last year and now just need a chamois buck to complete the muzzleloader set

brew ya old bugger ya still at it .bloody hell them coppers might come a visitin lookin for ya to rebarrel some of their fancy hardware eh what
ya could make one for stuey nash just dont put a hole in the tube -hed never know .
best of 2020 to ya and may it bew a good un!

that is some serious street cred making your own bits

i hope to get a lathe and start making my own things one day too

Way to go Akaroa, certainly a challenge with black powder in the ice and snow on the tops down there. Haven`t blooded any of mine yet, off the hills now and walking the dog is a challenge so will be killing paper most of the time. Hi Kotuku, don`t be to hard on poor old Stuey nasty, he`s found a good use for those bashed flat barrels, he`s making them into garden watering pipes, you get two squirts for your bang/buck, :oh noes: Now browning the barrel, takes about fore days.
Attachment 131051,:XD:

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Originally Posted by homebrew.357

Way to go Akaroa, certainly a challenge with black powder in the ice and snow on the tops down there. Haven`t blooded any of mine yet, off the hills now and walking the dog is a challenge so will be killing paper most of the time. Hi Kotuku, don`t be to hard on poor old Stuey nasty, he`s found a good use for those bashed flat barrels, he`s making them into garden watering pipes, you get two squirts for your bang/buck, :oh noes: Now browning the barrel, takes about fore days.
Attachment 131051,:XD:

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rubbish shove ya barrel up stueys arse itll come back brown as dippin it in chocolate -though the chocolate provides a superior product! the bell end looks like Jamie lee rosses ego -flattened! or jacindas front lawn -or is it winston peters lips when he s told headmistress adern wishes to speak to you in her office now young winston you norty boy you!:o:redbullsmiley::ORLY::wtfsmilie::redbullsmil ey::pissed off:

Well it`s in the rusting stage at the mo, and it hasn't been near anyone's bum, just vinegar. Now will rub it down with wet cloth and a wash in baking soda to stop the rust. After that a hot rub down with lanolin to seal the surface, should look like it was made in 1868. May try to see if I can acid etch" Hawken plains rifle .45 cal " on it.
Attachment 131552, the popgun barrel, It is brown, true.

It`s now been rubbed down and washed with baking soda solution to stop the rust. I melted some lanolin, bees wax and added a bit of kero them wiped down the barrel and seal the surface. Refitted the sights and precision cap nipple, popped a few caps to make sure all was working, :thumbsup:, so now it`s of the range to burn some powder and set the sights, It`s hard work, :cool:.
Attachment 131703, At last, all ready to go.

Looks great! Thanks for posting the progress pics, always nice to see a project take shape!

Well I didn't show all the machining ops, you have seen it all before, and speaking of projects taking shape how is the 45-70 one coming on. Will there be a project build coming up soon.

Range report, new barrel at the range , loaded up with 50gr 3f .440" ball and a pillow ticking patch, at 50m five shots three are touching!!, just a bit low so a bit of fine tuning should see it driving tacks. I`m a happy camper, not bad for a home made barrel, pic`s of the target, no, I shot it full of holes with my Sharps. :o, next time.