Thread: WTF Bubba

Originally Posted by No.3

If you saw the technique the old timers who made Lee Enfield barrels used, you'd be quite shocked. They had a chunk of tree trunk, and they eyeballed the center of the bend and whapped the outside of the bend right on center on the trunk. Effectively used the spring back against the bend so that after the thwack the tube springiness tended to hold the tube straight rather than springing back off the bend. The shocking thing was the speed at which they worked, less than a minute a barrel most times.

I would suggest the tree whack method is a gunsmithing myth

This book while only 65 pages is an absolute bible on making 303 service rifle barrels



It covers in ever stage and every machine in the process of making service rifle barrels in huge volumes



Even down to the multi story buildings for the cutting oil from dozens of machines to drain and be filtered to be pumped back to the machine rooms

There are many pages on barrel straightening and the hammer and block method is preferred to the machine method due to speed of experienced operators



This is a truly fascinating little book and I should make some copies
I expect there are some 303 tragics who would love a copy