Sujet : Barrel making using draw-over-mandrel?
De : bp (at) *nospam* www.zefox.net
Groupes : rec.crafts.metalworkingDate : 18. May 2025, 02:38:48
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Just idle curiosity.
Does anybody make rifled gun barrels by drawing over a mandrel?
From a position of total naivete, it seems like an obvious way
to get a very straight tube with a non-circular bore. AFAIK,
nobody does it that way.
What's the rub?
Thanks for reading,
bob prohaska