Barrel contouring service

[RBlevins]

Does anyone know of a business that offers contouring blanks that are not theirs? From what I'm finding most barreling manufactures will recontour one of their barrels but no one else's. I'm a Gunsmith and have contoured my own in the past but I just don't have that kind of time to spend on a manual lathe right now. Thanks

 

[Phil Rizzo]

There is such a service offered.
If I can remember the name.! A builder friend of mine has used them for some special application before.

 

[X'n Tex'n]

Try bugholes.com

 

[Ark. Trapper]

Bugholes would only go down 2 contour sizes the last time I talked to Russ a couple years ago. There may be a few more that will go down 2 sizes, but most shops don't want any part of it. I You may possibly find a small gunsmith shop or maybe even a machine shop that will do more than that, but don't hold your breath. As you know it's a time consuming process and can introduce stress into the barrel that can seriously affect the accuracy as the barrel heats up.

 

[Coldfinger]

Does anyone know of a business that offers contouring blanks that are not theirs? From what I'm finding most barreling manufactures will recontour one of their barrels but no one else's. I'm a Gunsmith and have contoured my own in the past but I just don't have that kind of time to spend on a manual lathe right now. Thanks

Try LRI I had them heavily flute a barrel once that was heavier than I wanted

 

[Punisher]

There's a company in that will do contours and fluting. Twisted Barrel.

 

[ntsqd]

I'm in the same boat, need a barrel contoured to a very specific and highly unusual profile. I can not get the barrel maker to do it. Starting to think that I need to have a machine shop do it, but I'm concerned that they may not understand the importance of the crown.

 

[randy86314]

There is no free lunch. Iffen your customer needs a special contour, maybe you can quote him 6 hours at $75 - 100 per hour. Then he might be willing to accept one of the barrel maker's profile. It's tough to beat a finished-turned-polished from Douglas.

 

[RBlevins]

There is no free lunch. Iffen your customer needs a special contour, maybe you can quote him 6 hours at $75 - 100 per hour. Then he might be willing to accept one of the barrel maker's profile. It's tough to beat a finished-turned-polished from Douglas.

I'd be happy with a pre determined contour as in whatever they offered, just figured someone with a cnc machine could run it faster than me on my manual lathe, I just need the contour cut I'll thread and chamber myself

 

[randy86314]

Meanwhile, what is the contour? How much will you pay to contour it?

 

[RBlevins]

It's an uncontoured blank right now at 1.49OD

 

[Punisher]

It's an uncontoured blank right now at 1.49OD

When I had Twisted Barrel recontour and flute a blank, I think it was $400 about. They also did some really nice work on the honey comb flute.

 

[ntsqd]

FWIW, Twisted Barrel just told me that he can mill a contour, but he can not turn a contour. Maybe that matters to someone and maybe not.

 

[Coyote Shadow Tracker]

Does anyone know of a business that offers contouring blanks that are not theirs? From what I'm finding most barreling manufactures will recontour one of their barrels but no one else's. I'm a Gunsmith and have contoured my own in the past but I just don't have that kind of time to spend on a manual lathe right now. Thanks

We do our own, but find anyone that FLUTES and they will do it.