Reboring an old Springfield musket barrel

Recently I obtained an old repro Springfield CW musket barrel in a trade from a member of the Forum. I just shipped it to Mr. Hoyt to be bored out to a smoothbore with the intention of using it for a trade gun type build, in percussion. I have furniture for a Virginia style rifle, and am considering building a 'smooth rifle' out of it. It is .58 cal, 40 inches long and has the percussion bolster less nipple. I don't know if Mr. Hoyt can bore it any bigger than 24ga, as it has one deep screw hole near the rear sight location. Also the taper goes from 1 1/8" to a muzzle diameter not a lot bigger than the bore. although a bit heavy, it is balanced in the hand and much lighter than a full octagon. The Idea of a buck-and-ball all around gun appeals to me and I hope it works. I'm open to any suggestions, feel free to advise, devise, denigrate or otherwise commentate on this idea, LOL. Thanks gentlemen.

After the rifling is gone, it's going to be closer to .60 cal.

gemmer said:

After the rifling is gone, it's going to be closer to .60 cal.

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Hello Gemmer, perhaps it can go to .62 cal, 20 ga? We'll see!