Re: MtMan-List: Old CVA Pistols

[ThisOldFox@aol.com]

In a message dated 98-10-29 10:41:15 EST, you write:

> you gave him a lot of good info--and concure it can be done---think you
>  should sit back and look----try the common sense approach--- at just
>  getting a new barrel made by a barrel make

Hawk,
I agree that buying a new barrel might be cheaper, but how's a young man going
to acquire any skills of the trade by taking the easy way out.

Look at all the things involved in making that little 5" barrel from a
disposable part that is no loss if he screws up.  He has only hand tools to
work with and the experience in tool control in invaluable. He'll learn:
1. How to debreach an old barrel.
2.  How to drill a straight hole in a tube.
3.  How to polish the inside of a bore.
4.  How to make his own touch-hole liner.
5.  Some hand filing techniques
6.  Probably other stuff too.

Even if he screws it up, the experience is probably worth more than the $40 he
might pay for a new barrel.

OldFox