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RollingBlockHeadMi
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Old Barrels? New Barrels
Feb 2nd, 2024 at 8:15am
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Building a #4 takedown from a stripped receiver.
Looking for good/old barrels hard to find.
So what is everyone using in their place.?
  
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Reply #1 - Feb 2nd, 2024 at 9:25am
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May I suggest lowering your standards a bit and throw a wider net to include bad old barrels. Lining of worn out barrels is a common practice, and often results in a better barrel.
  
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Reply #2 - Feb 2nd, 2024 at 9:47am
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lol, I have no standards, I also have no barrel.
  
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Reply #3 - Feb 2nd, 2024 at 9:42pm
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I also started with an old receiver and wanted to see if I could machine a barrel to fit.  (wannabe machinist) Grin  I found a take off 22 barrel on ebay for $25 that was 25 inches long.  I whacked off the end and fit it to the action and it finished at 22 inches.  It's a Ward's Western Field I think, and looked nearly unused.  It was a great learning experience for me and it actually shoots pretty well.

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Reply #4 - Feb 2nd, 2024 at 10:05pm
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Do you have a threaded frame or takedown?
  
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Reply #5 - Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:16am
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I have a take down, But I'm talking with singleshotsam in the other part of the forum and he has been threading the take down to receive a barrel by plugging the take down pin and milling the excess then threading the receiver.
  
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Reply #6 - Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:29am
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I have a takedown .22.  If I ever get to it I'll thread a new barrel in, then drill/ream for a solid taper pin, drive it in tight, and trim any excess.  Have a medium frame Hopkins & Allen done that way.  Quite satisfactory IMHO.
  
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Reply #7 - Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:38am
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uscra112 wrote on Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:29am:
I have a takedown .22.  If I ever get to it I'll thread a new barrel in, then drill/ream for a solid taper pin, drive it in tight, and trim any excess.  Have a medium frame Hopkins & Allen done that way.  Quite satisfactory IMHO. 


I have a Crescent Arms .22 rolling block take down. Quite a well put together little rifle. How does it compare to a #4 Remington? My Remington RB experience is limited to a M1905 7mm.
  
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Reply #8 - Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:50am
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The #4 RB's problem is the aspect ratio of the takedown joint.  It's way too short to control the barrel in pitch and yaw.  Ratio of length to diameter is less than 1.

Don't know anything about the Crescent.  

Look at the long tongue on a Stevens Favorite.  That's how it should be done.  Length to diameter about 3:1. 
  
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Reply #9 - Feb 7th, 2024 at 2:47pm
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gnoahhh wrote on Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:38am:
uscra112 wrote on Feb 3rd, 2024 at 11:29am:
I have a takedown .22.  If I ever get to it I'll thread a new barrel in, then drill/ream for a solid taper pin, drive it in tight, and trim any excess.  Have a medium frame Hopkins & Allen done that way.  Quite satisfactory IMHO. 


The Crescent has the trigger/breach/ejector spring reversed. I don'r know if any of the parts will interchange.

I have a Crescent Arms .22 rolling block take down. Quite a well put together little rifle. How does it compare to a #4 Remington? My Remington RB experience is limited to a M1905 7mm.

  
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