Don't recognize the barrel.

CRob · 07-20-2018, 07:10 AM

Can someone explain the barrel on this AE?

DonVoigt · 07-20-2018, 09:45 AM

could you show a few more views and close up?
And do load them on the server here so they can be enlarged and won't disappear.

From what I see it is a replaced barrel, maybe home made with a one off "ramp".

Rick W. · 07-20-2018, 10:17 AM

obviously nice. Fair amount of work in it.

Vlim · 07-20-2018, 10:49 AM

Stylish custom target barrel. Well executed.

sheepherder · 07-20-2018, 12:41 PM

It's very interesting. The ramp is from a military rifle; you can see the cuts for the hood. The barrel is flanged where it screws in, and the taper is extreme. Quite well done, from the limited view.

What caliber is it???

CRob · 07-20-2018, 04:00 PM

This is a pick from 2006 some one was asking about. They had inherited the gun Don't know the caliber. But a very unique barrel.

Rick W. · 07-20-2018, 05:10 PM

One would suspect one of two methods perhaps.

All integral; barrel, rib, sight..........large mill, rotary table, and know how by the maker. I see custom rifle barrels with these features starting at 2K plus for the machined barrel blank. Of course, to be integral on all notions, one has to start with a blank whose overall diameter allows for the projections; larger the blank, the more expensive the blank barrel to start with typically.

parts; turned barrel, rib, and ramp. Rib and ramp could be integral, but not necessarily. Soldered together after fitting to one another. Cutting the recess in the rib for the tapered barrel takes time and then usually always is some fine hand fitting with medium.

The ribbed barrel is expensive to make or at least, time consuming due to the effort to get a fine result.

DonVoigt · 07-20-2018, 05:57 PM

Could be all of the above.

Sergio Natali · 07-21-2018, 09:48 AM

To me it looks like some sort of homemade fitted barrel.

John Sabato · 07-23-2018, 11:33 AM

Sorry Don, it looks to have the wrong taper to be an original Navy barrel. I vote with the custom fitted barrel crowd.

DonVoigt · 07-23-2018, 01:20 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by John Sabato

Sorry Don, it looks to have the wrong taper to be an original Navy barrel. I vote with the custom fitted barrel crowd.

I didn't vote for "navy", that was Ben!

I have no doubt it is a one off job; not that it makes much difference!

07-20-2018, 07:10 AM	#1
CRob User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 30 Thanks: 135 Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts	Don't recognize the barrel. Can someone explain the barrel on this AE? Attached Thumbnails

07-20-2018, 09:45 AM	#2
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	could you show a few more views and close up? And do load them on the server here so they can be enlarged and won't disappear. From what I see it is a replaced barrel, maybe home made with a one off "ramp". __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

07-20-2018, 12:41 PM	#5
sheepherder Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Feb 2009 Location: ...on the 'ol Erie Canal... Posts: 8,183 Thanks: 1,400 Thanked 4,442 Times in 2,330 Posts	It's very interesting. The ramp is from a military rifle; you can see the cuts for the hood. The barrel is flanged where it screws in, and the taper is extreme. Quite well done, from the limited view. What caliber is it??? __________________ I like my coffee the way I like my women... ...Cold and bitter...

07-20-2018, 05:57 PM	#8
DonVoigt User Join Date: Apr 2015 Location: near Charlotte NC Posts: 4,681 Thanks: 1,442 Thanked 4,350 Times in 2,040 Posts	Could be all of the above. __________________ 03man(Don Voigt); Luger student and collector. Looking for DWM side plate: 69 ; Dreyse 1907 pistol K.S. Gendarmerie

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Sergio Natali User Join Date: Feb 2013 Location: Somewhere in Northern Italy Posts: 2,646 Thanks: 1,082 Thanked 1,783 Times in 1,007 Posts	To me it looks like some sort of homemade fitted barrel. __________________ "Originality can't be restored and should be at the top of any collector's priority list.

07-20-2018, 10:17 AM	#3
Rick W. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 339 Thanks: 81 Thanked 359 Times in 198 Posts	obviously nice. Fair amount of work in it.

07-20-2018, 10:49 AM	#4
Vlim Moderator Lifetime LugerForum Patron Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Europe Posts: 5,053 Thanks: 1,036 Thanked 3,989 Times in 1,205 Posts	Stylish custom target barrel. Well executed.

07-20-2018, 04:00 PM	#6
CRob User Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: Upstate NY Posts: 30 Thanks: 135 Thanked 13 Times in 7 Posts	This is a pick from 2006 some one was asking about. They had inherited the gun Don't know the caliber. But a very unique barrel.

07-20-2018, 05:10 PM	#7
Rick W. User Join Date: Jun 2002 Posts: 339 Thanks: 81 Thanked 359 Times in 198 Posts	One would suspect one of two methods perhaps. All integral; barrel, rib, sight..........large mill, rotary table, and know how by the maker. I see custom rifle barrels with these features starting at 2K plus for the machined barrel blank. Of course, to be integral on all notions, one has to start with a blank whose overall diameter allows for the projections; larger the blank, the more expensive the blank barrel to start with typically. parts; turned barrel, rib, and ramp. Rib and ramp could be integral, but not necessarily. Soldered together after fitting to one another. Cutting the recess in the rib for the tapered barrel takes time and then usually always is some fine hand fitting with medium. The ribbed barrel is expensive to make or at least, time consuming due to the effort to get a fine result.

07-23-2018, 11:33 AM	#10
John Sabato Lifer Lifetime Forum Patron Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: The Capital of the Free World Posts: 10,154 Thanks: 3,003 Thanked 2,306 Times in 1,097 Posts	Sorry Don, it looks to have the wrong taper to be an original Navy barrel. I vote with the custom fitted barrel crowd. __________________ regards, -John S "...We hold these truths to be self-evident that ALL men are created EQUAL *and are endowed by their Creator* with certain UNALIENABLE* rights, and among these are life, LIBERTY, and the pursuit of happiness..."*