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This is a 24" barrel that mikes just over 1.20 OD and is chambered in 30-06. THe overall length is right at 24". I picked this up in an estate a few years ago and just discovered I still had it buried in the corner of my gun room. Your help is appreciated... Bobby Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | ||
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It looks like a 30 cal machine gun barrel to me. I am not 100% sure, but it sure looks like one. Just a side note, if it is a machine gun barrel, the chamber and most of the bore is a stellite steel insert. Very hard steel. So, don't try to re chamber it as it will ruin your reamer in a heartbeat. I have a 30 cal machine gun barrel that an old gentleman who was a match shooter gave me. It was made from a machine gun barrel and he fitted it up to a Springfield 03. He was able to profile the outside of the barrel and thread for a Springfield, but he was unable to cut the cone in the breech because of the stellite steel insert. The rifle fed without a hitch and it was an accurate match rifle. | |||
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It definately is a machine gun barrel for the WWII era Browning LMG. I have had several and turned them to sporter contours and chambered for .308 WIN. Some of these had Stellite chambers and will wreck a reamer so, be careful with them. By the way, none of the ones I had were Stellite. "I ask, sir, what is the Militia? It is the whole people. To disarm the people is the best and most effective way to enslave them" - George Mason, co-author of the Second Amendment during the Virginia convention to ratify the Constitution | |||
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If I remember correctly, only those used on planes and tanks had stellite inserts? Not the infantry MGs? | |||
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I don't see a chamber, I do see lands. Good luck! | |||
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THANKS, guys! I appreciate all the help! Hawkins-Yes, there is a chamber as I cast it to verify what caliber it was. I did not show the entire chamber in the photo, though -- sorry about that. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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ERRRR.. this is the chamber.. | |||
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He, he, he. | |||
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Friends- What are the specs to the action threads on these barrels? Also, based on the photos, it appears to be a bit thicker at the chamber end, what is the OD there? Thanks in advance. May the wind be in your face and the sun at your back. P. Mark Stark | |||
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It is 1.258 at the chamber end. Bobby Μολὼν λαβέ The most important thing in life is not what we do but how and why we do it. - Nana Mouskouri | |||
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