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Cutting and recrowning barrels at home
I'm curious how many of you cut and recrown your own barrels at home.
I've been doing this for about 6 years now and darned if every barrel I've chopped and recrowned by hand didn't shoot better afterwards. Not sure if it's a better crown than the factory crown, or the shorter barrel is just stiffer. Either way, I quit worrying about it years ago.
All my barrels are lightweight hunters in the 20-21" range. That's just where they balance the best for me I guess.
I followed the method described by Larry Potterfield for cutting and recrowning a barrel, and finish with a brass screw and valve grinding compound followed by abrasive toothpaste and 1000 grit wet/dry sandpaper. They come out looking and shooting great.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=b43odFm0mrI
Here are the results from my latest barrel, after chopping my .284 Win X-Caliber down to 21" and recrowning