crownig tool

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30 October 2005, 22:01

Steve E.

Probably the premier source for gunsmithing type tools has to be

http://www.brownells.com

Steve E........

30 October 2005, 22:12

Rick 0311

Any of the following, as well as Brownells.

http://www.mansonreamers.com/

http://www.pacifictoolandgauge.com/

http://www.jgstools.com/

30 October 2005, 23:30

yes

my dear friends
thanks for the answers I got
regards
Yazid

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31 October 2005, 03:54

D Humbarger

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

Doug Humbarger
NRA Life member
Tonkin Gulf Yacht Club 72'73.
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31 October 2005, 05:15

Pat B.

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...

31 October 2005, 23:03

xs headspace

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.

01 November 2005, 00:21

tnekkcc

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.