Went up to Lafayette today to pick up stuff.

Sorry I didn't get details (pics from Oct) with permission.

Stock



Drilling





Rifling?





Swirly




Posted these in Oct.

Curious if the rifling machines are Warner-Swasey, if they are cut rifle machines- but Hart is a button rifler. IIRC?

Thanks for posting!

Hart barrels are "push buttoned" as opposed to most others that are "pull buttoned". The deep hole drill looks like a Warner-Swasey.

Beautiful machinery. The little lathe is a LeBlond tool room model, a newer one at that. I don’t believe the deep hole drills are W-S but I could be wrong since I have only seen two W-S deep hole drills, square head. Earl

That looks like a Jacobs rubber-flex collet chuck on the small lathe. Brought a tear to my eye. I had to sell my lathe and Jacobs rubber-flex set-up when my wife forced our move here, and miss it deeply. I still have a Brown & Sharpe rubber-flex set up but unfortunately now, no lathe to put it on.

Still have a couple dozen or more barrel blanks I was about to put on actions, too, and a safe full of actions. Sob!

the deep hole drill looks like a Pratt and Whitney to me.

buckbrush, upon second glance, I think you are correct.

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Originally posted by tin can:
Curious if the rifling machines are Warner-Swasey, if they are cut rifle machines- but Hart is a button rifler. IIRC?

I got confused- P-W made the WW2 vintage rifling machines, IIRC?

Are there cut rifling machines that are currently manufactured?

Two of the button rifled barrel makers shops, that I have been in, use modern machines to pull the buttons. I have never been in a cut rifleing shop.