Straightening an air gun barrel

[Chippendale]

As title, I need a barrel straightening, does anybody know of any genuine gunsmiths near me, i live just north of Barnsley. I mean gunsmiths not just gunshops

Cheers

Chippendale. (With clothes on)

[Steyr]

Look on the GTA....Gun Traders Assoc

[Shed tuner]

I can bring my big rubber mallet to Kempton if you are coming down ?

[I. J.]

Its reported to have shot O.K.

[Neil.]

Put the barrel in a bench mounted vice.
Get a large steel rule and mount it horizontally across the breech block and down the barrel. You will then see the run out.
Get some feeler gauges.
Pull the barrel slowly towards you from the crown until you feel it move/bend. It will stop bending easily then stop, then give it a final tweak if need be after you have used the feelers to measure in between the breech and crown.

[keith66]

I have done several, usually Its easy enough to do them by eye, Big lead hammer, roll the barrel on a lathe bed or something straight to check it.
dont hit it on the lathe though!
Last one was a Bsa cadet, it was so badly bent upwards at the front of the breech block that the rifling was creased, I sawed the barrel off, unsoldered the stump from the breech block & turned the rest down & refitted it into the breech block.
The result is i have the only Bsa Cadet Carbine!

[Chippendale]

Thanks for all the replys,

Shed Tuner, go away

IJ, who by, Donald Trump

The gun is an Original 50,


Cheers

Melv

Chippendale (with clothes on)

[Shedder]

No personal experience, but I have heard that Kirklees Guns have someone who is fairly good at fixing up airguns. Might be worth a shot in the absence of any other suggestions.

[I. J.]

IJ, who by, Donald Trump

Cheers

Melv

Chippendale (with clothes on)

[Chippendale]

I wonder if it put extra spin on the pellet?

Cheers Melv

[thisisdonald]

I wonder if it put extra spin on the pellet?

Cheers Melv

I'm not sure, but I heard tell that the pellets make a "wheeeee" sound as they go down the barrel

[I. J.]

I did consider having one specially made to be able to put a shot in the bull and then just put it away.
The look on my fellow competitors faces would be worth it.

[u.k.neil]

I used to straighten barrels by putting it between Vee blocks on the bed of my milling machine and then rotating it under a D.T.I. to find the point of maximum bend. I then used the quill of the mill to press on that point a bit at a time until it was straight.


Neil

[Born Again]

I used to straighten barrels by putting it between Vee blocks on the bed of my milling machine and then rotating it under a D.T.I. to find the point of maximum bend. I then used the quill of the mill to press on that point a bit at a time until it was straight.


Neil

A useful tip now tucked away in my head, Thanks.

[archie]

A large vice and plenty of leverage on the barrel. I`m not joking.