Licensing a barrel.

[Gert Odendaal]

Is busy with the process..I received the barrels , now to go through the registering process...will give feedback..

[Brenneke]

Any update Gert ?

[BBCT]

OK, this is a bit of a hijack.....

Hi,

Generally the barrel will come as a steel blank without any hole down the middle. Seldom does the individual buy the blank as it is more expensive to buy in smaller quantities. At this stage it is a piece of steel and not a barrel. Barrel steels are use for multiple other applications.

Assuming you have a piece of barrel steel in you possession, this will be given to the gunsmith who will do what he needs to do and will assign a barrel number to the finished product. The gunsmith will register the barrel, calibre and serial number with the CFR so there is record of it. At this point you will apply to have the licenced barrel registered in your name and the normal process then takes its course of action.

I re-read this thread from the beginning and was reminded of a question that I didn't ask when I read it previously......

If the "barrel blank" arrives or is manufactured in SA as a piece of steel without a hole down the middle, that implies that we need to have people in SA with the skills & equipment to carry out the specialised deep boring exercise to drill said hole. I am under the impression that is beyond what a typical gunsmith can do. Am I wrong?

If we have those deep boring skills & equipment, how difficult would it be to use them to drill out an existing worn barrel and fit it with a "liner" that can be rifled. Would this be a barrel change or would it be "refurbishment"?

This isn't my own idea, the process was used by Parker Hale in the early 1900's and referred to as "Parkerifling"

https://www.rifleman.org.uk/A.G._and...rker-Hale.html

[gary-t]

OK, this is a bit of a hijack.....



I re-read this thread from the beginning and was reminded of a question that I didn't ask when I read it previously......

If the "barrel blank" arrives or is manufactured in SA as a piece of steel without a hole down the middle, that implies that we need to have people in SA with the skills & equipment to carry out the specialised deep boring exercise to drill said hole. I am under the impression that is beyond what a typical gunsmith can do. Am I wrong?

If we have those deep boring skills & equipment, how difficult would it be to use them to drill out an existing worn barrel and fit it with a "liner" that can be rifled. Would this be a barrel change or would it be "refurbishment"?

This isn't my own idea, the process was used by Parker Hale in the early 1900's and referred to as "Parkerifling"

https://www.rifleman.org.uk/A.G._and...rker-Hale.html

Brownells sell barrel liners for .22 and older black powder cartridges. The only place I know of that manufactures barrels is JJ Wapens in Ermelo. They have been manufacturing Musgrave rifles have also manufactured DM4 barrels and after market R1 barrels. I think this would be seen as refurbishment.

https://www.brownells.com/aspx/searc...&t=P&ksubmit=y

[BBT]

I think that Mojet/Accugun also manufacturers barrels

[LoopSoosStroop]

There are a number of barrel manufacturers in SA. Accugun, Eagle, Truvelo to name a few.

And a barrel blank is usually already bored and rifled, but with no external profiling (just a fat tube), vs. semi-profiled or fully profiled.