Custom Rifle Barrel Makers Learning A Trick From Makers Of Hammer Forged Barrels
Custom Rifle Barrel Makers Learning A Trick From Makers Of Hammer Forged Barrels
3 PagesHammer forged barrels are not well thought of by precision rifle shooters, but a critical manufacturing process used by makers of hammer forged barrels is suddenly getting attention from custom barrel makers today. It's honing. Honing produces a high-quality bore surface fast, which is critical to hammer forging. Surface imperfections in a barrel blank before hammer forging will tend to be amplified as the blank is formed on the rifling mandrel.
