Barrel Identification

[Trot]

I have decided to get around to finishing a partial build I bought a few years ago, sort of a fullstock percussion hawken. I was wondering if there is any way I can identify the barrel. It is 15/16 diameter, 34 inches long, seems to be about 1 in 66" twist. It has 7 lands and grooves with the grooves considerably wider than the lands. The only markings on the barrel is the number 3098. Not much to go on but I was wondering if I had anything of quality or not. Oh, it is not off another rifle, it is unfinished without sight dovetails cut. Thanks.

 

[J.D.]

There really isn't any way to identify your barrel from the information given. If it is old, new stock, use it in good health.

God bless

 

[Zonie]

It's easier to say what it is not.

It is not a Green Mountain or a Rice barrel.

As I recall, Colerain and Getz also mark their barrels with something besides a serial number.

 

[mazo kid]

Is the breech plug installed? A couple of makers stamped the breech end of the barrel.

 

[Trot]

Yes, the breechplug is installed, but I am going to pull it to make sure it is done right. It may remain a mystery, the only thing out of the ordinary is the rifling, don't remember seeing rifling with the grooves so much wider than the lands. Thanks everybody.

 

[ohio ramrod]

There was a company that advertised the wider groves as holding a patch better. The wider groves account for seven lands rather than the usual eight. Now if I could just remember the name of the company that made those thing a ma jigs we were talking about ! :surrender: :surrender: