Thread: Interesting clip on TV news tonight...

Originally Posted by gundoc

Barrels can be made and rifled entirely by hand tools. No lathe needed (although it makes things much easier) and a basic rifling machine can be made entirely from wood (as they used to be by old gunsmiths up until the late 1800's). There have been many very high-quality guns made over the years by top makers using very basic gear (forge, anvil, hammers, chisels and files).

someone posted up a link some months back that showed a rifled muzzle loader being made from scratch..took two fellas best part of a week to do it...but do it they did and fired it afterwards.