New Lease on a Barrel's Life

[m25operator]

If I took the job on, would begin with a press and a wide plate to cover the top end and support between 2 places, this could easily done with 2x4's, once fairly straight, look for bulges or dents, I do not have a dent raiser, but those things are cool, after removing any dents, would get back on the press and proceed, a mandrel could only be used once you got the barrel fairly straight for the mandrel to enter and I don't think would be necessary, previously mentioned, gentle bending of barrels to get point of aim works, just make sure the stock fits you 1st.  Stock fit has more to with poa, than barrels usually. Just a guess, but I the reason real target shotguns, meaning competition, has to with taking the shotgun, and I am talking mostly about over and unders, and the smith, taking the gun to the range, patterning it, and seeing how the regulation between the 2 barrels are, and then taking it back as many times as it takes and tweaking until both barrels hit poa, and very fine choke fitting. I do mean fine guns like Perazzi.

I have made a dent raiser using and allen wrench and a round steel rod, as long as it is within 6" of the muzzle the octagonal shape of the hex key, will push the steel rod into the dent, but you are limited to how long the hex key is.

[TAB]

Must be more a shotgun thing.
Except for "in process at T/C ( used a dial indicator and a piece of pipe  ) I never heard of anyone doing more than tweaking on rifle barrels, other wise have it re barreled .

Rifle barrels are thick and are made to take lots of presure.  Shotgun barrels are thin and are not make to take lots of pesure.

Shot barrles are also tapered.( inside and out)

[twyacht]

Maybe not magic, but talent. Prop shafts on yachts often exceed 15-20ft in length, Captains are often scary, find a sand bar, reef etc,..

Point is, take a 3-5" + diameter SS shaft, bend it, and don't want to spend THOUSANDS to replace it?

Find the guru's with the right tools and talent for the job.

God Bless Machinists, and those that have the tools and talent. They can straighten and balance brand new shafts with inherent flaws. It's amazing to watch. Imagine a good smith can do the same with a barrel.

Glad it's straight again, and you knew the right person.

Good to go for the next squirrels.

[PegLeg45]

I've straightened solid shafts for hydraulic cylinders and gear boxes plenty of times over the years, but never a hollow tube (at least not back perfectly straight, anyway). That's why I thought the barrel was toast.
My hat is definitely off to the 'smith. I only wish I had known Pop was going to take it to him this morning so I could have taken some 'before' photos. He had talked about it a while back but didn't tell me he took it today until after lunch.
The 'after' shots don't do the job justice so I only posted the one.

[Big Frank]

You could bend it again and get some "before" pictures.    I'm glad it turned out good.

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[crusader rabbit]

If the bend was to the right, brief exposure to FQ should have it leaning left enough to get it back to center.  It's not magic...  It's puffed wheat!

[rat31465]

Just out of curiousity...Did you try Numerich Arms Aka-Gun Parts?

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/

[Solus]

Found this with a Google search

the best way to repair bent shotgun barrels is to remove them from the gun, plug the muzzle with a rubber bung, fill with water, set them in a freezer till the ice is solid, and support over heavy rubber sheet, whacking appropriately with a rubber or rawhide mallet. in case of a gun with rib, a wooden form witn rubber or leather shoes must be made of pine to straddle the rib. the form should be 3" long, or so, and lots of gentle whacks, rather than a few strong whacks. it's a bit of an art, but you get the idea. if done right, using a straight edge for verification, the barrels can be repaired good as new. if done wrong, need to do again more carefully. not something you'd let the drunk monkeys at century do, but OK if done by a patient and careful person.

[PegLeg45]

Just out of curiousity...Did you try Numerich Arms Aka-Gun Parts?

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/

Yes...But that was a while back. They had a few of the "new style" square ejector shank barrels in limited quantities, but were out of the "old style" with the round shank (what I needed) the last time I checked (April or so).  They were $62 plus shipping, so the $75 bucks to keep the original didn't hurt too bad. I may keep checking from time to time, since it is a stock item, to see when they have them and get a spare any way.

Thanks,

Peg