Machines and production cells perform deep drilling, reaming, and rifling for as many as 20,000 small-caliber firearm barrels per month – efficiently.

Hogan also said that the crosshatch pattern the honing machine leaves on bore surfaces aids in rifling the barrel by maintaining a consistent lubricant film. To create barrel rifling, a 0.517-in.

Many of the machines that bore holes in its rifle barrels, and the machines that cut the rifling into the barrels, were built before World War II, Krieger said.

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Saturday’s presentation was on gunsmithing techniques and was presented by Bill Reynolds, a local gun maker and historian. Reynolds focused on gun barrel rifling machines, common tools of ...

Reynolds will demonstrate a rifling machine, and delve into the subjects of freshening barrels, rates of twist and the history of gunmaking. Other dates in the series will include: ...

This article was originally published with the title “Machine for Rifling Gun Barrels” inScientific American Magazine Vol. 10 No. 8(February 1864), p. 113doi:10.1038/scientificamerican02201864-113 ...

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