Pistol barrel crowning..

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ngzcaz

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Ant thoughts on cost ?? If you had it done what were the results ? I'm interested if its a worthwhile investment.

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I've done it on a couple of pistols--mostly because I was bored. I can't say that it helped or hurt.

Cost was just some time and patience because I did it myself.

It's not a worthwhile investment if the gun shoots ok as it is, and if it's inaccurate, there are a number of other places I'd start looking in a pistol before I started worrying about the crown.

If there's obvious damage to the crown I'd probably go ahead and recrown it, but just because it would bother me if I didn't.

In a rifle it's more of an issue.
 
Do you have a pistol with an improper or damaged crown?

Other than such a circumstance, the only reason I can think of to crown, or more properly "recrown" a barrel would be if it was cut down.
 
Avoid people who don't know how to properly crown. You'll end up with a barrel like mine..
I need a new one now..


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Hard to believe that a gunsmith/expert did that to your barrel. Looks like someone took a drill and just countersunk your barrel.

I noticed my inexpensive Bersa Model 23 had a crowned barrel. I then looked at my new Ruger SR22P and found it did not. Kinda of a flat cut off look to it. There's varing opinons ( generally by people who have notactually had it done ) pro and con whether and as to how much it may help. For example I read where it could make a substanial distance at 25 yards with a pistol. If anyone has a ballpark figure what it may cost I'd be interested in knowing.. :)
 
Hard to believe that a gunsmith/expert did that to your barrel. Looks like someone took a drill and just countersunk your barrel.
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Tell me about it..My uncle flipped when he saw it..I flipped when I saw it. -__-

It was a "free upgrade" aka practice.

Wanna laugh? Like really hard?


He now works at Taurus.
 
I find this thread particularly helpful to me also as i have ruger sp101 which shoots good but has a nick in its crown has had since i bought it. Not meaning to hijack ones thread but as the op asks how much would such a thing cost?
 
My friend did it when his wife asked him why her new pistol wasn't accurate.He took a close look and thought the end of the barrel had been damaged. He recrowned it and then it was very accurate !
If it's an incorrectly or damaged crown then do it . If not leave it alone !
 
I've had a couple recrowned, mostly for looks, it's not particularly expensive to have it done, under $50 (cheap compared to Constantine's freeby), though prices will vary from 'smith to 'smith. Of course, depending on the gun you may need refinishing work after the barrel is cut. I like the look of a slightly concave angled crown on a handgun, sets off the view from the muzzle end.

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that concave crown does not look bad.
I am not close to my pistols, but I believe my Kahr T9 has a much different crown than my Glock(solely from memory). Not sure the reason or the effect.

I know that My T9 could probably be used to shoot any sort of accuracy competition at a high level and my Glock, although plenty accurate for carry, would not. I doubt the crown has much to do with it though.
 
A ding in the crown can effect accuracy a lot. You then can have it re-crowned or have the barrel replaced to bring the accuracy back up again. Re-crowning is cheaper to have done then replacing the barrel.

I have had it done for one pistol that needed it and another because I thought it might help. Both made the pistols more accurate. Not more then they should have been been when new. You can achieve a good crown with both the 11 degree taper and a 90 degree angle. The barrel lock up is even more important then the barrel crown for accuracy.

Only do this if you are correcting damage to the crown.
 
WC145 time to tell us about that 1911 with the mirror finish. Who did that custom job?
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It is a Clark Customs "Meltdown" Colt 1991A1 Compact. It was originally customized by Clark's back in '98 and was refinished this spring by Dietrich's Gunsmithy. In addition to the high polish and reblue, they checkered the front strap, removed the rollmarks from the slide, added a brass insert to the front sight, recrowned and polished the barrel, and fitted a checkered MSH.
Polished black chrome?
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No, just polished and blued.
 
Hello, Constantine. Just curious..how does that pistol shoot after it's recrown? I have to agree with johnwilliamson062..it really doesn't look bad..and the comment.."someone took a drill and just countersunk your barrel" is not true..that is not a job done with a c'sink.. let alone a twist drill. If you look close, there is a definate radius in there..someone took the time to do some carefull machining in a lathe set-up...I see no tool marks in there. Again..I would be curious to know how it shoots?
 
I would believe you.

I can't see any reason in the photos that it wouldn't be and I'm not sure why you say it's not properly crowned. Is it just that it's a concave crown? That's not common on pistols but should work fine.
 
Constantine, you have got to quit abusing your 1911, or I'm going to have to send the DFP (Department of Firearm Protection) to your house. . .

Edited to add: I just noticed that this was done to an NM-prefix model! Ack! :eek:
 
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