z40acp Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) That 535 looks like it has seen better days and the deburring tool is made for pretty rough cuts. I am surprised it didn't leave big time teeth marks on outside of the barrel from the chuck. Edited March 24, 2013 by z40acp Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GunCat Posted March 24, 2013 Share Posted March 24, 2013 Maybe there is something wrong with the bullets. I've never seen any barrel shoot that bad at 10 yards. It looks like a lot of the bullets are keyholing. Oh it could be the barrel. I've seen an AK barrel cut with a pipe cutter do things like this. Of course a .30 caliber barrel with the crown “swaged down to about .28 caliber will do strange thing to a bullet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 Maybe there is something wrong with the bullets. I've never seen any barrel shoot that bad at 10 yards. It looks like a lot of the bullets are keyholing. No keyholes; the ream was pretty nasty, I wasn't surprised. Fortunately this barrel has seen it's last bullet, it will live the rest of its life as a dummy for single shot exemptions (it's a CA thing...). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted March 24, 2013 Author Share Posted March 24, 2013 (edited) I am surprised it didn't leave big time teeth marks on outside of the barrel from the chuck. Do I sound like a first period apprentice?!? Edited March 24, 2013 by kneelingatlas Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barrysuperhawk Posted March 29, 2013 Share Posted March 29, 2013 OMG A sawed off 9mm threaded assault barrel in Cali... FWIW I crowned a FAL barrel with a dremel and one of those santpaper discs, and it didn't come out too bad.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kneelingatlas Posted July 24, 2013 Author Share Posted July 24, 2013 Time for a redneck gun smithing update:Like most CZ Tactical Sport owners, I love the pistol, love the trigger, but hate having so much trouble finding a bullet I can load longer than 1.1" with lead in the short chamber. So I decided to ream it out a little bit, but those damn reamers are so expensive...I have a machinist's set of drill bits, so I figured what the hell! I took my drill bits: W (.386"), X (.397") and Y (.404"), wrapped electrical tape around the shank until the OD was .420" (wrapped clockwise so it doesn't unroll as the bit turns) to keep the bit centered in the chamber and stop it from feeding down the barrel. I turned the bits by hand (W to Y) and continued to check the chamber with a moderately loaded lead round nose (1.135") until it spun free. On the way to the range the first time, I was a little worried I may have just ruined a $145 barrel, but it shot perfectly, cycled reliably and the rifling looks just like it did out of the factory. I call that a success! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve RA Posted July 24, 2013 Share Posted July 24, 2013 Good, you've graduated from White Trash to true Redneck ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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