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flatshooter
07-27-2010, 04:14 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b23lfzpZrJ4 (11 degree)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-Xpzv1Spsnk&feature=related (regular crown)

The guy didn't mention how much the kit was but that it it's for the home hobbiest.

drybean
07-27-2010, 04:49 PM
looks like my kwik way valve seat cutters

Don - LongRangeSupply
07-27-2010, 05:04 PM
The "guy" in that video is Dave Manson himself. Those Manson tools will put a better crown on your barrel than most gunsmiths can do on a lathe.

Here is the price list for the standard hand cranked unit. The military style electric driver interface should be cheaper.

http://www.mansonreamers.com/PriceList.htm

Quite a few precision shooters will recrown their barrels ever X hundred rounds to maintain the utmost accuracy. Doing it yourself rather than sending it out to a smith, in cases like that would easily recoup the cost of the Manson tools.

If I was a working gunsmith, there is no question that I would use his tools to crown rather than a lathe.

flatshooter
07-27-2010, 05:55 PM
I just had one done for 48 bucks... from a smith..

Seems like a good kit.

juanvaldez
07-27-2010, 06:05 PM
I recessed target crown can be done with a LEE case trimmer. Ya...I laughed too till I tried it. Use one caliber under for the mandrel and bush it with some brass shim stock

bsekf
07-28-2010, 08:54 AM
Cheaper than a lathe, but still pretty pricey. Why don't one of you young guys buy the kit and then rent it to us old guys.

Bill