Build ideas, thoughts?

[smokeum54]

Doing my monthly gun/barrel cleaning this weekend ran across it again. "It" being a 44x1 1/8 50 cal. Douglas barrel blank. I've had it for many years and haven't been able to decide what to do with it.

Don't wanna bore out or cut down to lighten and ruin the bit of history this barrel has, but im not against having it swamped. Thought about a bench or chunk gun but that's not really my thing.

Can that size of a barrel be swamped enough to handle well? That's what i would actually like to do with it. I've handled a few 40 ish long swamped 54,58 barrels but only 1 inch at the thickest and they handled pretty well.

Any who, just ramblin a bit, looking for opinions while cleaning guns and tending to my smoker. Have a good one.

 

[2 shots]

make it a 062. ie.. bobby hoyt

 

[longcruise]

make it a 062. ie.. bobby hoyt

Good idea also, a 69 or 70 smooth rifle?

 

[smokeum54]

make it a 062. ie.. bobby hoyt

The thought has crossed my mind numerous times. Just hate to waste perfectly good riffling. Also im a big 62 fan.

 

[Comfortably_Numb]

Sell it and buy a different barrel.

 

[BoomStick]

Or sell it and buy something else that you'll use.

 

[smokeum54]

Or sell it and buy something else that you'll use.

Thought about that too. Didn't mention it in my original post, didn't want it sounding like a add. I'd hate to sell it, would love to her the ol girl go boom.

 

[rich pierce]

I would not have anybody bore and re-rifle it. A LOT of records have been set with Douglass barrels.

 

[Gtrubicon]

Hide it in a piece of curly maple and expel lead from it.

 

[ronaldrothb49]

Doing my monthly gun/barrel cleaning this weekend ran across it again. "It" being a 44x1 1/8 50 cal. Douglas barrel blank. I've had it for many years and haven't been able to decide what to do with it.

Don't wanna bore out or cut down to lighten and ruin the bit of history this barrel has, but im not against having it swamped. Thought about a bench or chunk gun but that's not really my thing.

Can that size of a barrel be swamped enough to handle well? That's what i would actually like to do with it. I've handled a few 40 ish long swamped 54,58 barrels but only 1 inch at the thickest and they handled pretty well.

Any who, just ramblin a bit, looking for opinions while cleaning guns and tending to my smoker. Have a good one.

In my opinion would be a shame to mess with that barrel. It would make a nice cross stick rifle. If I could still shoot cross sticks I would jump at the chance to have it combined with the under hammer lock kit I have it would be a match winner. I also have a Douglas barrel 7/8" .45 cal. that's been sitting in the work shop probably 30 years. Will probably become a rifle as my next project.

 

[yellowhammer]

Make a big ole fat half-stock Tryon/Creedmoor'ish target rifle out of it. I saw one like it at last year's TN-AL Longrifle show; 12+ (guessing) pound artillery gun lol.