How bad is this gunsmithing?

[5811]

I've had this happen. I was able to call it out at the time and the owner offered to buy me a new barrel. I declined but at least they owned it.

What really makes me mad is that your shop tried to hide it.

I have a brand new stainless 6.5cm takeoff that I will send you for free if you take yours into the shop, tell them you think they tried to hide that abomination and demand a refund for the work. Then give them your barrel and tell them to practice to save the next guy.

 

[jte5013]

This situation gives me anxiety. I feel very sorry for you. There is a very low chance that this guy will be willing to make this right. Good luck.

Thanks, I can't say I'm super optimistic right now, but I will definately be going back to try.

That does look like shit. Are you in Utah by chance?

Nope, in Ohio

 

[HighUintas]

Thanks, I can't say I'm super optimistic right now, but I will definately be going back to try.



Nope, in Ohio

Then I guess they're everywhere! Utah seems to be a hot bed for them at least that's my experience haha

 

[Sundodger]

I was mad at my gunsmith when my last barrel was made and they threaded the end when I asked them not to.

His reassurance was "don't worry we won't charge you for the threading" just made me more angry.

After looking at your pictures and looking how flawless my barrel threading looks I now think I might need some anger management training and think about how good I have it.

 

[TaperPin]

It’s not only a matter of slow speed machining, dull tooling, deep cuts or oopsie, but they aren’t finished right. There was no effort put into taking the sharp tips off those threads, which means they are well under size. He literally doesn’t know what he’s doing, like he let a high school kid do it, he’s high, or the high school kid is high.

That burr in the crown hanging in the bore needs to be fixed even if you just live with the rest of it.

I wouldn’t want him near my rifle - I’d ask for a full refund and take the gun somewhere else to be redone.

 

[MallardSX2]

As a CNC Lathe Machinist in my early life, I would be ashamed if I sent that out the door.

 

[Laelkhunter]

If that is a crown on the barrel, it looks like he just took a swage and smashed it into the end of the barrel. You should be able to see the rifling clear and sharp to the bevel of the crown. That looks horrible, and I doubt it would shoot worth a darn.

 

[HuntHarder]

Hammer and Chisel cut threads takes serious skill. Respect.

 

[WCOPP]

Those are horrible threads. Send it to TBAC, they will cut them right.

 

[Trr15]

Hammer and Chisel cut threads takes serious skill. Respect.

I was actually thinking he stoned the metal off to make those threads

 

[ChrisAU]

I can only imagine how bad it looked before they twisted the muzzle device onto it.

 

[ElPollo]

I had one done a while back that looked pretty rough. Not quite as rough as that one though. It was a 223 so I used rockset to attach an adapter and rolled with. I have over 3k rounds through it since. The same smith doesn’t friggen torque anything and I recently had a barrel he put on come unscrewed while removing a suppressor. Won’t be going back to him. Finding a good smith is hard. The good ones get too busy to take on new work and the rest don’t have the skills to do work in the first place.

 

[KenLee]

This situation gives me anxiety. I feel very sorry for you. There is a very low chance that this guy will be willing to make this right. Good luck.

Wonder if he's ever been smacked with a barrel?

 

[Billogna]

I can only imagine how bad it looked before they twisted the muzzle device onto it.

Might wanna check the threads on that muzzle device as well!! Could be some galling caused by all those chunks in the "barrel threads"...

 

[Legend]

It’s not only a matter of slow speed machining, dull tooling, deep cuts or oopsie, but they aren’t finished right. There was no effort put into taking the sharp tips off those threads, which means they are well under size. He literally doesn’t know what he’s doing, like he let a high school kid do it, he’s high, or the high school kid is high.

That burr in the crown hanging in the bore needs to be fixed even if you just live with the rest of it.

I wouldn’t want him near my rifle - I’d ask for a full refund and take the gun somewhere else to be redone.

Come on man....your giving highschoolers too little credit. Most first year shop class kids can do better than this! I know I did and we had zero training.

Ask for your money and cost of similar barrel. And if he argues let him know you will show his local competition his work...or he can buy the barrel and hide.

The crown is so bad!

 

[270quest]

If you saw a barrel correctly done by say Kampfelds - you would loose your mind looking at what that gunsmith did....

 

[wapitibob]

The threads will "probably" be ok for a can but this area is the real issue.

I can see the gunsmith saying just shoot it to roll those burrs to the outside.

 

[Dioni A]

As others have said, I would let him buy back the embarrassment that’s ridiculous. Tikka barrels are a different steel than some Smiths are used to and it’s easier to get some chattering, but that is not slight chattering on the edge of otherwise good threads.

 

[Steve300xcw]

Have you cleaned and wiped it down with acetone or alcohol?

What kinda high octane acetone do you have access to that could fix that?

 

[Fireflyfishing]

FAIL