Aftermarket Barrel with (L) On It
I know I'm asking a lot of questions about this old, unmarked Savage I recently got. Don't know the model number of the rifle or who made the barrel. However, I was looking down the breech of it today, and saw what appeared to be a (L) stamped into the end of the rifle where the rounds load. At first I thought it was a (1), but after taking a small pick and following the path of it, I'm pretty sure it is an (L).
Does this ring a bell with anyone? There are no manufacture markings on the barrel that can be seen with the naked eye. Unless their is something under the barrel nut, and the (L) has no meaning to it, I'm still at square one. I'm currently trying to get up with the guy who traded the rifle in to see if he maybe knows who made the barrel. Any help is appreciated...Thanks
Aftermarket Barrel with (L) On It
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Originally Posted by
Switchbarrel
I have three Lilja barrels (and numerous other's as well) and never heard of cutting anything off the chamber end. Lilja barrels have a saw cut at the muzzle end which is meant to be cut off. The chamber end is usable because it will be threaded and chambered, removing the oversize portion(s) of the barrel. Unless there was something special about your barrel, you cut an inch off for no reason (unless you said chamber end by mistake).
From Lilja's site:
A. Almost all of our barrels have a bandsaw cut one inch from the muzzle end of the barrel. This indicates that the barrel is not useable beyond that point. When we hand lap our barrels, we do so from each end of the barrel. Because the lapping compound is applied to the lap directly next to the ends, the bore becomes worn slightly oversize. This oversize condition does not extend more than .50"-.75" into the barrel but we put the saw cut one inch back to ensure that you do not use any of the oversize bore.
This same condition occurs at the chamber end of the barrel too, but when the chamber is cut into the barrel, all of this oversize portion is removed with the chamber.
For example, most of the barrels we send out are 28" overall length. With the saw cut one inch back from the muzzle, these barrels will finish up to 27". With some special contours or exceptionally long barrels however, we may have already trimmed the barrel to its maximum finish length. For example, a 30" finish length barrel in a #5 contour (long and skinny for its length) will already be trimmed to make the contouring phase of machining easier. If there is not a saw cut, the barrel has already been trimmed to its maximum finish length.
I believe mine had saw cuts on both ends about 1" back from the ends....hmmmmmm But now you got me wondering....I know for a fact I have about 1" of the chamber end of the barrel (where all the stamps are) in my possession....haahaha