Mystery Barrel Has Me Stumped

[jonboyb]

Recently picked up a nice little older custom build and the barrel has me stumped. I would put the build late 80s at most but the barrel is really interesting. There are no builder marks at all but the bottom flat is actually marked "TOP" with a Sharpie so either it breached better 180 degrees out and any maker marks were draw filed and browned away, or possibly the entire barrel was machined to a smaller profile. It's a 13/16" .40 with 1:48'ish twist and 6-land/groove rifling.....but it's ROUND BOTTOM. Much shallower grooves than my Rice and Colerain round bottom barrels too. Is anyone aware of a barrel maker from the 80s that was playing with round bottom rifling???

 

[smo]

Search H & H barrels

 

[jonboyb]

I have a couple H&H barrels and also a Richard Smith (post H&H) all square rifling and grooves much wider than lands. This one the lands are considerably wider than the grooves and round bottom. All my H&H stamped on breech end with caliber and twist too (that could be filed away breeching of course)

 

[Grenadier1758]

I have a couple of barrels that fall into the mystery barrel category. As long as they are accurate, I'm not going to worry much.

 

[jonboyb]

I'm a collector of 70-80's Era parts so it's just a curiosity thing for me having never found a round bottom barrel before.

 

[Uncle Miltie]

Getz made many barrels with round bottom rifling.

 

[rich pierce]

Getz marked their barrels and unless there was a special order, did not make shallow rifled barrels.

 

[Notchy Bob]

I would suggest H&H or Long Hammock as the barrel maker.

Notchy Bob

 

[smo]

Those Long Hammock barrels are great shooters..