What is needed to fit this barrel?

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What is needed to fit this barrel?

Post by andym79 » 08 Nov 2014, 5:26 pm

Hi guys I am going to by this barrel for my 1894.

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/882400.htm

I called numrich and they say its ready to go, just needs switching. Has the thread and chamber cut, as well as dovetails.

Obviously a barrel vice and an action wrench.

What about go and no go gauges, will the timing work out for all Winchester 1894 rifles are all slightly unique?

I am just concerned with head spacing and having it threaded to the correct point. My concerns may or may not be justified, I know nothing on this subject.

I have two friends who have changed barrels before, one said he could do it no big deal, the other that if the timing is wrong, you may have to take a touch off or shim it and if its a mile off rework the thread and cut a new chamber, requiring a chamber cutter. Which one of them is right?
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Re: What is needed to fit this barrel?

Post by Chronos » 08 Nov 2014, 5:37 pm

No doubt its a job for a gunsmith.

It's important the head spacing is set accurately.

Also depending on what state you're in it may be illegal for anyone but a licenced gunsmith to do the work.

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Re: What is needed to fit this barrel?

Post by andym79 » 08 Nov 2014, 5:49 pm

See the picture, this is the barrel, I am going to buy, it is blued and has dovetails cut, it is also chambered! I called up the seller an apparently it is threaded for an 1894 as well!

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/882400.htm
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Re: What is needed to fit this barrel?

Post by Chronos » 08 Nov 2014, 5:52 pm

andym79 wrote:See the picture, this is the barrel, I am going to buy, it is blued and has dovetails cut, it is also chambered! I called up the seller an apparently it is threaded for an 1894 as well!

http://www.gunpartscorp.com/ad/882400.htm


Ahh sorry mate I misread your post and the ad

I'll edit my previous post.

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