Sent a Barrel Out To B. Hoyt

[nit wit]

I had a Renegade 56 smooth bore with a carbine barrel. I thought it would be good to have it rifled. I called Bobby Hoyt and he said it could be done. When I get it back it will be a slow twist barrel for round ball.
Nit Wit

 

[Timber Wolf]

Interesting, my .56 SB renegade is one of my favorite BP guns. What bore and ball size will you end up with?

 

[cynthialee]

never considered turning my .56 Renegade into a rifle

if I did I might consider turning it into a .58 with a PRB twist

 

[hanshi]

The fantastic job Hoyt did with my damaged .40 when he turned it into a .45 leads me to trust him, period, and always expect the very best work possible.

 

[Grimord]

With a T/C barrel in .56 Smooth, I suspect that Bobby Hoyt will be able to bore it to .58 with any twist you want. I have not heard of him being willing to do a rifled bore larger than .58 with the T/C 1"ATF barrels. He has done some smooth bores of .60 and maybe larger, but i am not sure. Bobby did two barrels for me, a .50 caliber Browning Mountain Rifle barrel to .58 with a 1:66" gain twist, and a T/C Renegade .50 Flint lock to .58 with the same twist. Both are tack drivers if I do my part.

 

[Boston Bill]

What is his turn around time?

 

[Grimord]

I got my barrels back in a month, but it depends on how busy he is.

 

[Bad Karma]

I got my barrels back in a month, but it depends on how busy he is.

I’ve never waited longer than 6 weeks and most of the time it’s around a month. Is it bad that I have so much experience shipping barrels to Mr. Hoyt?

 

[user 36911]

Is it bad that I have so much experience shipping barrels to Mr. Hoyt?

No, everybody needs to be good at something.

 

[Bad Karma]

No, everybody needs to be good at something.

My momma would be proud! Well, maybe not but Dad would be for sure!

 

[HighUintas]

does he actually cut the rifling himself or does he install a liner? and what's the rough price he charges for boring and rifling a barrel?

I was looking at a lyman GPR flinter in .50, but I'd rather have a 54 or 58 in slow twist. I'm wondering if it would be very cost effective to do that and have him bore/rifle it or just get a replacement barrel from cabin creek (I think that's who has them).

 

[user 36911]

I believe it's $130 to bore it out now. He does it all including cutting the rifling.

 

[bubba.50]

does he actually cut the rifling himself or does he install a liner? and what's the rough price he charges for boring and rifling a barrel?

I was looking at a lyman GPR flinter in .50, but I'd rather have a 54 or 58 in slow twist. I'm wondering if it would be very cost effective to do that and have him bore/rifle it or just get a replacement barrel from cabin creek (I think that's who has them).

Why not just get the Great Plains in 54 caliber? Have what you want and save a chunk of money too.

 

[hrt4me]

last Fall he rifled 3 barrels for me and turnaround was exactly one month

 

[HighUintas]

Why not just get the Great Plains in 54 caliber? Have what you want and save a chunk of money too.

they are out of stock absolutely everywhere. It's crazy! The lyman GPR in flint and 54cal doesn't seem to be a very commonly available model anyway. At the moment, I'm trying to think of what I would enjoy having in the very near future, rather than waiting until.... 2023 or 2024 for the italian made stuff to be in stock again. I would just like to start shooting a ML sometime soon and figured maybe I'll build my dream rifle and that's the one that I'll be patient on.

 

[nit wit]

Interesting, my .56 SB renegade is one of my favorite BP guns. What bore and ball size will you end up with?

I'm using .550 balls, .15 patch.
Nit Wit

 

[Norman Brooks]

What is the procedure for sending a barrel to Bobby Hoyt? Do I have to contact him first? How is the payment made? I have one, maybe two barrels to send out.
Thanks in advance for your information.

 

[stubshaft]

He's done about four barrels for me. Great guy to do business with.

 

[hrt4me]

What is the procedure for sending a barrel to Bobby Hoyt? Do I have to contact him first? How is the payment made? I have one, maybe two barrels to send out.
Thanks in advance for your information.

contact him first, send payment with the barrel(s)

 

[bronko220002]

Mr Hoyt has done a lot of work for me. He's relined bores, opened up a .50 to a .54 and has even built me a .58 from scratch. Every barrel he's done for me is super accurate.