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Peabody Creedmore Martini mistake. What to do?
Dec 5th, 2025 at 4:05pm
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Peabody Creedmore Martini mistake.... What should I do?

So I bought, for a long price, a nice Peabody Creedmore. It has a heavy weight round barrel, in of all things .38-55.  Sorry, all my pictures are too big to post here.

I believe the barrel to be a replacement, since all the Creedmores I have seen are half octagon. 

So, do I leave it as is, rebore it to some .44 or .45 caliber, or get a half octagon barrel made? 

Does anyone know someone who's competent to make a half octagon correct replacement barrel? I have a correct Creedmore to copy from.

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Re: Peabody Creedmore Martini mistake. What to do?
Reply #1 - Dec 5th, 2025 at 5:19pm
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Re: Peabody Creedmore Martini mistake. What to do?
Reply #2 - Dec 5th, 2025 at 6:20pm
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A correct Creedmoor barrel would be easy to make for any competent machinist or gunsmith. Simply begin with a full octagon and turn down the front 2/3rds or whatever is desired to round.
I've got a couple original Long-Range rifles that were nicely rebarreled with correct .44 and .45 barrels in 34" length and half octagon to match the original barrels.
Contact a gunsmith and tell him the chambering you want, and dimensions of the octagon and round parts and have one whipped out. Just make sure he's a REAL gunsmith, or competent amateur.
  

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Re: Peabody Creedmore Martini mistake. What to do?
Reply #3 - Dec 5th, 2025 at 10:42pm
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Does it look like this?
  
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