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Barrel fit

Posted by Steve Moore on March 5, 2019, 12:32 pm

Will a set of ejector barrels from 1923 fit a 1923 reciever.? Both are featherweights and both had ejectors. I realize professional fitting will likely be needed. Thanks

Re: Barrel fit

Posted by Mark Robson on March 5, 2019, 3:19 pm, in reply to "Barrel fit"

Probably. There are a lot of places for a barrel to properly fit an action. All were hand fitted to an individual set. If they just snap on don't worry about ever buying a lottery ticket, you used up all your luck.

Re: Barrel fit

Posted by Steve Moore on March 5, 2019, 3:48 pm, in reply to "Re: Barrel fit"

Thanks. I am certain you are correct about needing to be properly fitted.

Re: Barrel fit

Posted by John Liles on March 5, 2019, 6:12 pm, in reply to "Re: Barrel fit"

Hello Steve,

Have you been able to have the donor barrels in hand, or is that possible? If so, will they fit sloppily on your gun, or will they "not quite" make up to your receiver? If they will sloppily snap on to your receiver, then micro-welding build-up and subsequent machining will be necessary to get them to work safely on your receiver (Expensive!). If they seem to be "Just a tad" to big to snap onto your receiver, but the barrel hook will smoothly slide into the receiver, then probably all that's needed is some educated and judicious filing to get them home.

Bear in mind that a perfectly "on-face" fit is pretty unlikely, even under the best of circumstances, but a shootable, safe, back in the game, gun can be achieved, for relatively low coin if no material build-up is required. Good luck,and email me directly if I you have additional questions. john*northstarconstructioncorp.com.

John

Re: Barrel fit

Posted by Steve Moore on March 5, 2019, 6:24 pm, in reply to "Re: Barrel fit"

Thanks again. I might have questions a little later.

Re: Barrel fit

Posted by Tom Martin on March 7, 2019, 9:07 am, in reply to "Re: Barrel fit"

You can never tell about how a set of barrels will fit. I had a set of barrels for years that I never found a frame that was even close, then a friend asked me to find him a gun with a Curtis forend, which I did, and just on a whim I tried the set of loose barrels on it and they fit perfectly with no adjustment required. One thing that people don't realize is that the forend iron also has to be fitted. I have a 16 ga field grade that I found an extra set of barrels fot. The barrels only took a single pass of a file to fit the frame, but the forend took several hours of fitting to work correctly.

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