Rob,

     Unfortunately the Cartridges of the World varies pretty widely in whether and which cartridges have detailed drawings, but for each chapter there is a table that has a more-or-less complete set of cartridge and case dimensions...expecially base and neck diameter, case and overall length, etc.  This may help. 

     As this part of the thread has rolled out, I was beginning to think along the same lines as my far Southern buddy, JD Steele that a case based on the .30 Krag/.303 Brit pattern and as long as you want or could find would make a nice "brass panatella" for you.    A CASE you might look at is the .444 Marlin.  This is availble off-the-shelf and has that case size, but is probably a bit shorter than you would like to see.  I would feel good about this in a high-wall, but that is JMHO, of course. 

     One nice thing about working with that high-wall, just about any cartridge of the time was available in it at one time or another, so if it will go in the barrel you use (keeping to the small shank dimension) it will be "right" for that rifle. 

     As for further harming the collector value of the original barrel, if it's messed up already, it's messed up.  Campbell's book showed some salvage techniques for peening metal back into place, and of course there is always the welding possibility, and if you wish to "restore" the rifle, that possibility is there.  BTW, dod we ever establish exactly which profile this barrel actually has?

Froggie

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                                                                                                                                                                                                                  May I suggest to you that you look at Ken Howell"s Book "designing and forming CUSTOM CARTRIDGES".

Cool.  Pilkingtons eh?   

I'll have to try it.  Not against something different.  I too almost never use a rust box.  Just no need and sometimes it can go too fast.  Especially since I'm never around for an entire day anyway.  Just treat it once in the morning, once at night.  With two cycles a day, I'm done in a week.

I'm having a devil of a time getting a finish on my Krieger barrel.  They must have made them out of carbide or somthing.  I can't scratch the beast.  Oh well.  It's just my elbow afterall...

Thanks!
Brent

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This stuff even makes it fun to do. If you ever saw the contraptions, the mess, the trouble I used to go through, you'd laugh to see how much better this MARK LEE stuff is. P.S. Brent: Brownell's has "dakind".

Just some more info about my gun. The barrel size isn't marked ahead of the forend. The (round) barrel is 28" long and measures 0.885 just ahead of the shank and 0.735 at the muzzle. Closest in size to a No.1 I guess. The only mark is the VP, violent proof.

Also, someone questioned the originality of the forend, here's a picture. It has the ebony insert, schnable and is 10-1/8" long.

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Thanks Froggie, I'm seriously considering leaving it with the original barrel, brand new barrel would look out of place on that gun. I took a closer look at the bore, all the rifling is there, the lands look OK  but there is roughness in the grooves. Might shoot, worth a try.