I just ordered a green mountain 45 cal 25 inch 1.250 stock blank $68.00 plus shipping. Got a lee 6 cavity .452 230 grain mold on clearance for $28.00
. I wanted a benchmark barrel but couldn't get the funds
. I wanted a African Air Ordinance 4500 psi valve. But I'm sure as many of you $500 is more than I spend on my hobby at this time. So what I learned slinging lots of 50 cal slugs down range target shooting and hunting. Is that it needs to be super consistent. This is my first airgun barrel that my lathe has ever seen... I'm going to keep full diameter barrel no bushings. Hoping to go short stiff and .45 acp slings the same lead at the same velocity as the Texan does . I worked at ER Shaw barrels for a little while . The 45 acp barrels always turned out nice . They used 1137 steel that was softer than 4140. It drilled and reamed out nice. The barrels are straight after 30 cal will the drill bit stiffness. 45 caps drilled real straight. So I'm hoping to get lucky with this green mountain .451 barrel blank. I just want something accurate. My Texan looks awesome but I can't take the ethical shots I need too. Im getting disabled and need not to track game. So more money and power won't get anywhere without absolute accuracy. Hoping going down to 45 cal 25 inch barrel shorten length and hopefully shoot the 230 to 250 grains at close to 900 fps and have good accuracy at reasonable ranges. I been working on two stocks for my Texan too. One 3 inch wide bench rest thumb hole from a rem 700 laying around for years. I'm posting my experience so some of you may learn as I do. Many thanks to all is this community for there advice and suggestions.
. I wanted a benchmark barrel but couldn't get the funds. I wanted a African Air Ordinance 4500 psi valve. But I'm sure as many of you $500 is more than I spend on my hobby at this time. So what I learned slinging lots of 50 cal slugs down range target shooting and hunting. Is that it needs to be super consistent. This is my first airgun barrel that my lathe has ever seen... I'm going to keep full diameter barrel no bushings. Hoping to go short stiff and .45 acp slings the same lead at the same velocity as the Texan does . I worked at ER Shaw barrels for a little while . The 45 acp barrels always turned out nice . They used 1137 steel that was softer than 4140. It drilled and reamed out nice. The barrels are straight after 30 cal will the drill bit stiffness. 45 caps drilled real straight. So I'm hoping to get lucky with this green mountain .451 barrel blank. I just want something accurate. My Texan looks awesome but I can't take the ethical shots I need too. Im getting disabled and need not to track game. So more money and power won't get anywhere without absolute accuracy. Hoping going down to 45 cal 25 inch barrel shorten length and hopefully shoot the 230 to 250 grains at close to 900 fps and have good accuracy at reasonable ranges. I been working on two stocks for my Texan too. One 3 inch wide bench rest thumb hole from a rem 700 laying around for years. I'm posting my experience so some of you may learn as I do. Many thanks to all is this community for there advice and suggestions.
