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Old Soldier Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 302 Location: North Pole, Alaska Joined: Oct 17^th, 2015	Reboring and rifling an original Muzzle-loader May 5^th, 2025 at 12:45am	Print Post
	Richmond Auction's just auctioned off quite a few nice original Muzzle loading rifles. Most in good shape but with bad bores went in the $600 neighborhood. With repro's starting at $1500, seems to me I could buy a nice original and have the bore, rebored and rifled and be money ahead on a good shooter. What do you think? Any one doing such work? Yes, one could just re-barrel an original but you loose the "look".

	"White man have very strong Medicine. Shoot today maybeso kill you tomorrow." Esa-Tai Commanche warrior
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rkaires Frequent Elocutionist Offline No Stronger Bond Posts: 1654 Location: Dingmans Ferry, PA Joined: Oct 26^th, 2012	Re: Reboring and rifling an original Muzzle-loader Reply #1 - May 5^th, 2025 at 9:02am	Print Post
	Robert A. Hoyt 2379 Mount Hope Road Fairfield, PA 17320 717-642-6696

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gnoahhh Oldtimer Offline Posts: 927 Location: Gaithersburg, MD Joined: Mar 31^st, 2010	Re: Reboring and rifling an original Muzzle-loader Reply #2 - May 5^th, 2025 at 11:09am	Print Post
	rkaires wrote on May 5^th, 2025 at 9:02am: Robert A. Hoyt 2379 Mount Hope Road Fairfield, PA 17320 717-642-6696 Ditto. I know but one gentleman who ever related a bad experience with him. Guys I shot ML'ers with "back in the day" regularly scarfed up '61 and '63 Springfields with bad bores and had him line the barrels, and a current comrade had a nice re-bore job performed on a vintage muzzle loader by Bobby a couple years ago. Be aware he's getting up in years and it's anybody's guess how long he'll keep at it, although he's training a young person to follow along.


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marlinguy Frequent Elocutionist Offline Ballards may be weaker, but they sure are neater! Posts: 16885 Location: Oregon Joined: Feb 2^nd, 2009	Re: Reboring and rifling an original Muzzle-loader Reply #3 - May 5^th, 2025 at 11:34am	Print Post
	Oregon Barrel Co. also does custom barrels and could probably do a rebore and rifling. Have to call and ask to confirm. (You need to *Login* or *Register* to view media files and links)

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Longknife Full Member Offline Posts: 133 Location: Illinois Joined: Mar 26^th, 2016	Re: Reboring and rifling an original Muzzle-loader Reply #4 - May 7^th, 2025 at 9:31am	Print Post
	I had an original Ohio percussion rifle, rebored and rifled by Bobby Hoyt back in the 80's. I had it opened up to .40 with a gain twist. Man, that thing would shoot!!!! The squirrels would run and hide when they heard the truck door close!!!. I won many shoots with it. My 13 year old son "split the ball 10 times in a row at one shoot!..GOOD times!!!


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wesg Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 319 Joined: Sep 13^th, 2004	Re: Reboring and rifling an original Muzzle-loader Reply #5 - May 9^th, 2025 at 10:47pm	Print Post
	Old ... old, old, OLD ... Gun Digest? Article on 'freshening' a muzzle loader barrel. Late 70's, early 80's? 'Old Yellow Jacket' I think he called it, from the color and figure of the stock. Cast a lead slug in the muzzle, and chiseled a pocket in it for a cutter to deepen the grooves. Spaced with paper or cellophane shims. Then clean up the lands. Back and forth until acceptable. And then lap. Made an impression on a teenager ...


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