Hi all

I have a HW95 that I was going to reduce the barrel length in my lathe (And recrown) but the barrel length in front of the breech block is 12.5" and the hollow headsock shaft is 14" long!

Has anyone ever used heat to expand the breech block to withdraw the barrel?

I know it can be done as I have a HW80 breech block that someone has already parted!! (They made a bit of a mess though!!)

The only other way I can think of to do the job is to make/harden some sort of a concaved cutting tool to fit in the chuck and use blocks on the bad to keep it central then push it with the tailstock with a centre in place!!

I wanted to reduce barrel length as when I fit an adapter and screwcut silencer it resembles a Brown Bess in length!!



John