Muzzle recrown tool kit

gunhappy_ie

So its the season of goodwill and all that so this year for myself I thought Id get a Manson Reamers muzzle recrown kit.

It arrived in the post today....



So i got to work straight away putting an 11 degree target crown on my pistol (I would have used the rifle but Im in between 2 at the minute)

So whats needed......
1 barrel,
.357 pilot,
0 degree cutter,
11 deg cutter,
Cutting oil,
Deburring tool,
Soft jaw vice.
Gauge and pilot wrench
and tool driver.



Barrel is placed in the vice where the pilot is placed down the barrel. The pilot has an expanding collet that fits very snug in the barrel. The o deg cutter is oiled and placed onto the pilot. It first cuts the muzzle square to the bore.









Because the pistol is new and has been cared for the muzzle is pretty square to the bore anyway but the tool still removes metal anyway (above picture)

Next the 11 degree cutter is added and given a few turns with the tool driver ......



results speak for themselves, the muzzle didnt have an 11 degree crown on it.

Lastly the deburring tool ( its an extra for the kit but I wanted all surfaces perfect. Sorry i didnt get any pics of the deburrer in the barrel ....




In all .... my barrel went from




to......

deerhunter1

gunhappy_ie wrote: »

So its the season of goodwill and all that so this year for myself I thought Id get a Manson Reamers muzzle recrown kit.

It arrived in the post today....



So i got to work straight away putting an 11 degree target crown on my pistol (I would have used the rifle but Im in between 2 at the minute)

So whats needed......
1 barrel,
.357 pilot,
0 degree cutter,
11 deg cutter,
Cutting oil,
Deburring tool,
Soft jaw vice.
Gauge and pilot wrench
and tool driver.



Barrel is placed in the vice where the pilot is placed down the barrel. The pilot has an expanding collet that fits very snug in the barrel. The o deg cutter is oiled and placed onto the pilot. It first cuts the muzzle square to the bore.









Because the pistol is new and has been cared for the muzzle is pretty square to the bore anyway but the tool still removes metal anyway (above picture)

Next the 11 degree cutter is added and given a few turns with the tool driver ......



results speak for themselves, the muzzle didnt have an 11 degree crown on it.

Lastly the deburring tool ( its an extra for the kit but I wanted all surfaces perfect. Sorry i didnt get any pics of the deburrer in the barrel ....




In all .... my barrel went from




to......

Good Stuff will be in touch;)

foxboy

would recrowning a hunting rifle do anything for it
sorry if this is a stupit question

Tackleberrywho

foxboy wrote: »

would recrowning a hunting rifle do anything for it
sorry if this is a stupit question

Depends on the condition of the crown.
I improved my bunny rifle by bringing it to a RFD to get the crown re-done.

I've a new crown on both my rifles and both are shooting better since it was done, only marginally, however if you shoot past 300 yards you need all the Help you can get

gunhappy_ie

I got a 5 pilot which :

.22 pilot does:
22 LR
22 Hornet
218 Bee
22 WMR
222 Remington
223 Remington
222 Remington Magnum
22 PPC
22 BR Remington
224 Weatherby Magnum
219 Wasp
225 Winchester
22-250 Remington
220 Swift
220 Jaybird
22 Cheetah Mark II

6mm pilot does:
6MM-222
6 X 45MM
6MM X 222 Magnum
6MM PPC
6MM B.R. Remington
243 Winchester
244 Remington
6MM Remington
6MM-284
240 Weatherby Magnum

6.5mm pilot does:
6.5 Carcano
6.5 X 257
6.5 X 55MM Swedish
6.5MM Remington Magnum
264 Winchester Magnum

.30 cal pilot does:
7.5 X 55 Swiss
30 M1 Carbine
30-30 Winchester
30-40 Krag
300 Savage
307 Winchester
308 Winchester
7.62MM NATO
30/06
308 Norma Magnum
300 Winchester Magnum
7.62 X 39MM Russian
7.62 X 54R Russian
300 Weatherby Magnum
7.65 X 53MM Mauser
7.7 X 58MM Japanese
303 British
32/40 Winchester
32-20 Winchester

.357 pilot does:
9mm Luger
38 Special
357 Magnum
38 Super Auto
380 Auto
38 S&W
9mm Makarov



Depending on how bad the crown is .. it takes only a few min to do (the hardest part of the whole process was my crap camera work). It completely removes the need for a lathe to do the operation but still has the same accuracy

murph226

have you tested the gun since?

gunhappy_ie

murph226 wrote: »

have you tested the gun since?

Wont be able to get out till week after next

CJhaughey

Thats a very nice tool. What angles can it cut apart from 11º?

gunhappy_ie

CJhaughey wrote: »

Thats a very nice tool. What angles can it cut apart from 11º?

0 degree or 11 degree.... thats all i need it to do is put a target crown on my guns