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Offline Forestclimber

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Drilled out barrels?
« on: August 15, 2010, 02:52:50 PM »
Is it possible to drill out an inline barrel from a 50 to a 54 caliber?  Or a 45 to a 50 caliber?

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Re: Drilled out barrels?
« Reply #1 on: August 15, 2010, 08:35:43 PM »
Is it possible to drill out an inline barrel from a 50 to a 54 caliber?  Or a 45 to a 50 caliber?

Sure is, but it would probably be much cheaper to buy a new rifle.
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Re: Drilled out barrels?
« Reply #2 on: August 18, 2010, 11:58:03 AM »
Yes, but I really have this bug about getting a 50 or 54 caliber inline that shoots roundballs.

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Re: Drilled out barrels?
« Reply #3 on: August 18, 2010, 01:06:43 PM »
Well Forestclimber, if you want to be innovative and build a one-of-a-kind, think about this.

1. Find yourself something like a cheap used and abused Omega.
2. Remove the breech assembly from the barrel.
3. Purchase a Green Mountain  42" x  15/16" slow twist .54 caliber barrel (http://www.gmriflebarrel.com/productdetail.aspx?id=323896).
4. Cut the GM barrel in two, 12" from the breech end. (Save that 12" section for a pistol build next year.)
5. Have the 30" section machined to accept an Omega breech plug.
6. Fit the Omega action to the GM barrel the same way it was fitted to the Omega barrel.
7. Bed that sucker in the Omega stock.
8. Take plenty of pictures along the way and report back to us.     ;)
9. Now you have yourself the world's only octagon barrel .54 caliber slow twist Omega.   ;D
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