Pedersoli froniter rifle in .54

[Snooterpup]

Hello! Does anyone know if the Pedersoli Blue Ridge rifle in .54 barrel is 7/8" across the flats. I know the .50 barrel is 7/8".
Thanks for any thoughts.
Snooterpup

 

[Loyalist Dave]

I thought the Frontier were all 15/16ths.

LD

 

[Snooterpup]

Hello Loyalist Dave,

Pedersoli makes the Blue ridge for Cabelas and the Frontier that they market themselves, and the later Hatfield rifles had Pedersoli barrels like mine does. Mine is a .50 caliber and the barrel is 7/8". My brother found somewhere in the forum an article from The American Rifleman in 2014 that stated the Cabelas Blue Ridge .54 barrel measured 0.888" across the flats. I pulled my Hatfield out of the safe and measured it with Dad's dial caliper and it also measured 0.888" or 7/8". So perhaps Mr. Hoyt may be able to reborn and rifle this to .54 if it doesn't shoot well.
I was able to clean it up a bit with a tight dowel and some 600 grit wet or dry. It is not perfect, but much better now.

 

[Cowboy]

Yes, 7/8 across flats on .50 and .54 for the Hatfield, Frontier, and Blue Ridge rifle’s.

Still have the .54 Blue Ridge and .50 Hatfield. Traded off the Frontier a couple years back. Owned all three models at one time or another.

Respectfully, Cowboy