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Offline m67176

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shortening 45-70 barrel.
« on: January 29, 2008, 08:02:03 AM »
I have a 24" 45-70 barrel and am thinking about buying a Katahidin 20 " barrel. My question is what if any would be the problem in just cutting the 24" barrel to 20"?

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Re: shortening 45-70 barrel.
« Reply #1 on: January 29, 2008, 08:11:22 AM »
No.  Cut it square with the bore and crown it.  Here's a GBO link:
http://www.gboreloaded.com/forums//index.php/topic,42316.msg243189.html