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The thing I would like to know is what's the best donor shotgun gauge to used for this project?Also who can do this project?

Al, I am leaning toward 12 gauge just because of the availability of affordable components -- especially Magtech brass shells. Also, should I attempt to go with rifled choke tubes, these are widely available in 12 gauge. Not so in 10.

Good luck Bill, n keep us posted mate
cheers
franc

Would someone PM the spec. For poor man paradoxI have new in box Spanish
Made 10ga. Double that would like to have it rifled 10ga.

Just won a Gunbroker auction for my donor round ball gun -- a Husqvarna Model 51 in 12 bore, with hammers. Now to select a set of suitable sights and find a smith who can shorten the barrels and remove a dent. I will start with trying to get round balls to regulate, and may also try to find some Brenneke-style slugs to work with.

I just bought a Rossi 20 ga, with oddly enough, a Greener bolt, that put slugs at 20 yds about 1" apart at first test. Rt is Imp Cyl, left is Mod, both barrels landed slightly left, using the rib to center the bead. Seriously considering rifling the left choke with my homemade rifling cutter on my old 50" Atlas lathe--lathe is only used to polish barrels now. Making a stupidly fancy walnut stock for it now--the factory was birch, and I'm too old to shoot an ugly gun. Winter project--yee haw!

XS: You're a fortunate chap to A) have an Atlas lathe capable of rifling, and B) having the skills to make fancy walnut stock. Please post results!

Well, I have the Husqvarna Model 51 in hand. I need to have a dent raised in the right barrel, and as the muzzle of the right barrel is damaged, I feel better about have the barrels cut to 26 inches. The gun is relatively light, so I believe I will start with round balls and black powder. Need to find or fabricate a very simple shallow-vee rear sight to go with the front bead.

xs,
How about showing photos of the set up for your Atlas lathe.
Mike

What I did was fasten the rifling cutter(one groove) on a threaded rod, one end of which had an epoxy slug molded in a .45 cal junk barrel. The .45 cal barrel is chucked in the atlas, with an indexing pin, and power off. The shotgun barrel is clamped to the tool post base. As the threaded rod is pushed thru the barrel, the epoxy slug makes it rotate. The index pin is pulled to let the lathe chuck rotate for the next groove, when the cutter is out of the choke section of the shotgun barrel. Quite time consuming, since the cutter only cuts about .002" per pull, and the cutter needs to be shimmed out for another .002" after the first 6 grooves are cut. Much chip clearing every cut, even though the cut is about 2" long, in the choke part of the barrel. Howe's Gunsmithing has a diagram of rifling cutter construction.