hi
where can i find especial tools for crowning barrels?
regards
tazid

Probably the premier source for gunsmithing type tools has to be

http://www.brownells.com

Steve E........

Any of the following, as well as Brownells.

http://www.mansonreamers.com/

http://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/

http://www.jgstools.com/

my dear friends
thanks for the answers I got
regards
Yazid

Grind your own. Thatz what I have been doing for many years.

I like Doug's idea best.. However, Brownells does sell a pretty nice H/S crowning tool. For crowning I much prefer high speed tool steel to carbide...

The Brownells tool cuts SS very nicely, but you have to stop every few revs, to brush out chips and reoil the pilot, to keep chips from getting into the barrel and scoring the rifling at the muzzle. Any burs left at the end of the rifling, can be removed with a round head of a screw as a lap, and a dab of 220 grit lapping compound, with a slow speed battery drill. Matter of fact, you can use the lap to clean up a slightly dinged muzzle without the tool. Pick a screw head twice the diameter of the bore, do it vertically for self centering, and clean out the grit before shooting.

I don't like the Brownell's tool and thier pilot [they call it a "spud"] is undersized, so I needed a .303 for a .308.

Anyway, I get better results putting the barrel in the lathe and cut the crown with a regular cutting tool.