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I found that the 12 ga Brownell's dent remover did not quite have reach enough for my 10 gauge bores. I took a plastic shell casing, I think it was a 16 ga ,and fit it snugly over the end of the dent remover like a sleeve, cutting tight rectangular hole in the plastic for the anvil to poke through. The thickness of the casing allowed the dent remover to have enough reach to remove 10 bore dents.

I use a piece of lead to tap the dent rather than a hammer. It’s actually about 1/3 of a Lyman lead ingot. The lead will not compromise the finish of the barrels. Holding the chunk of lead in my fingers helps me feel the movement of the dent rather than holding a hammer handle 6” away from the work.

Thanks will give it a try.


JHolland

old time gunsmiths that I have known use/used a Keith type plug set or a mittermeier type expanding plug...

if not careful, one can easily bulge a barrel, when using a hydraulic dent raiser..

just wondering if there were any updates on this.

Using lead to tap out dents. Huh. That’s a new one. I’m not even sure how that would work….maybe I can see it working on extremely thin areas?? I dunno. I’ve never heard of that. None of the people I know who do barrel work professionally use lead to tap out a barrel dent. I myself use a small, highly polished faced hammer, I rarely have to refinish after I remove dents, but some of the nastier ones definitely need finished after being raised and struck out.

I had a 16ga dent raiser. Determined it was better in the hands of a gunsmith. I think average mechanical ability will get you there. Mine does not always reach that level.

Haven't had time to do the work. I am thinking a tapered wedge type tool lightly driven in. I will leave it slightly undersize as not to wedge it in.


JHolland