Any Use For An Old Rifle Barrel?

[Lee in Texas]

I'm going to remove a stainless barrel off a Savage 7mm Remington Magnum. I can't imagine it's worth much. Any use for tapered stainless with a rifled hole through it? Other than cutting it down and using it for a home made single shot pistol, I can't think of much.

 

[Ulma Doctor]

a 7 Mag pistol would be a handful!

 

[FLguy]

How about making special washers,stand-offs. It's too good to toss.

 

[TOOLMASTER]

Make a long pistol

 

[dlane]

A lamp ,

 

[Steve Shannon]

Boring bar or long tap holder? With the ability to deliver coolant/lubricants through the bore?

 

[John Hasler]

I'm going to remove a stainless barrel off a Savage 7mm Remington Magnum. I can't imagine it's worth much. Any use for tapered stainless with a rifled hole through it? Other than cutting it down and using it for a home made single shot pistol, I can't think of much.

Think of it as a piece of thick-wall tubing. You can machine off the taper.

 

[derf]

I have a gazillion uses for old barrels and barrel stubs..... muzzle brakes ,thread protectors, pillars, bushings, stand offs, chamber gauges, nuts, comparators, seating dies, mandrels, arbors, bolt knobs, etc,etc...the list go on. I never throw any out.

 

[John Hasler]

I never throw any out.

You mean that there are some things you do throw out? How do you do that? I've never been able to pull it off.

 

[bosephus]

Is there something wrong with the barrel ?

Some of us out there are hAppy to use second hand barrels , especially savage barrels as they are so easy to change and head space