Voyeur’s Guide to Barrel Chambering On Rifleman’s Journal
On German Salazar’s Rifleman’s Journal website, you’ll find an excellent 5-Part Series on barrel chambering. The Series, entitled The Voyeur’s Guide to Barrel Chambering, is not intended to be a “how-to” instructional treatise for gunsmiths. Instead, German’s 5-Part Guide is aimed at the end user — the shooter. German explains: “This Series isn’t intended for anyone who owns a lathe; instead it is for those of us who send an action off to get a new barrel installed. Those who have the equipment know what to do and how to do it and I have nothing to teach them. On the other hand, if you’ve ever wondered just what goes into barrel fitting, this is it.”
PART I | PART II | PART III | PART IV | PART V
With well-written text and dozens of very high-quality images, German takes you through the chambering, threading, shoulder-fitting, and crowning processes from start to finish. The idea is to give the “barrel consumer” a clear idea of the processes involved when a barrel blank is converted into functional form, complete with chamber, threaded tenon, fitted breech, and crown.
We highly recommend German’s 5-Part Voyeur’s Guide to Barrel Chambering. German, with the aid of John Lowther (who ran the machines), did a great job. The series has already drawn much attention from our Forum members, along with praise. After reading the articles, John C. from Australia wrote: “Your Chambering articles… really are excellent [and] informative for those of us too scared to watch our gunsmith chamber one of our barrels lest we distract him at a crucial moment!”
We know you’ll learn something from reading through German’s 5-Part Series. And if you see a photo on German’s website that intrigues you, simply click on it to see a larger, higher-resolution version. All the images in the Voyeur Series on RiflemansJournal.com can be zoomed to larger formats.
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Tags: Barrel Fitting, Chambering, Crown, German Salazar, John Lowther, Krieger Barrel
I thought the Rifleman’s Journal to be a real quality piece of reading. I have personally thanked German for his sharing it with all of us. I hope he continues with the Journal and eventually publishes it in book form. It could turn in to a Gunsnith/Shooter best seller.
Nat Lambeth
Agreed. I particularly love his treatise on barrel break-in! man after my own heart.
Definitely a appreciated piece by German.
As long as they are finding center off the inside bore rather then the outer barrel diameter the chamber should be nice and true.
I was wondering if you could tell me who refurbished the ways on your lathe? I have one just like it that needs work.