What happens to shot out barrels ?

[NZ_Fclass]

Re-Bar

 

[coldboreshot]

In the garden, hoisting the tomato plants. Quite the spectacle when the sun first hits them in the morning.

 

[Bob3700]

Take the muzzle end n make a duplicate for a shoulder/ throat gauge. Run ur chambering reamer in just far enough to make ur gauge. Works great.

 

[Adam in WI]

They can

I've read claims that a rebored barrel will even shoot better because of the heating and cooling it endured. "Stress relieving", if you will. Sounds like it'd be very hard to prove, but I guess someone figures a claim like that will sell the service

 

[jds holler]

Now I've grown quite a few tomatoes, and I just don't think a rifle barrel would make a very good tomato stake. Just about any old limb off a tree would have them beat all to hell. A lot of you guys must have some pretty poor excuses for tomato plants. jd

 

[Sandstorm]

There just planting the stakes...who said anything about growing stuff.

 

[cheek9075]

Does anyone else besides me have a shot out barrel collection? I thought I was in a group that would just collect them and sit them in the corner taking up room.

I used one to make a light weight 6-250 for hunting. It worked out well and shot great. Then my son laid claims to it. Guess I need to do another one for my other son and one for me.

 

[SecondsCount]

Have always wanted to make a wind chime out of a bunch of em.

You must live in Wyoming!

 

[Fast14riot]

Now I've grown quite a few tomatoes, and I just don't think a rifle barrel would make a very good tomato stake. Just about any old limb off a tree would have them beat all to hell. A lot of you guys must have some pretty poor excuses for tomato plants. jd

If you dont plant the old barrels, where do you think freedom seeds come from?

 

[JMayo]

I have about 6 that would make a fun shooter very happy ... I hated taking them off but x count is my game.

 

[muleystalker]

Have always wanted to make a wind chime out of a bunch of em.

Dam you would have to build a special structure to hold up that wind chime!

 

[David101]

I have used one to make gauges. I think a lot of them could be used that way and to make dies perhaps?

 

[coldboreshot]

Now I've grown quite a few tomatoes, and I just don't think a rifle barrel would make a very good tomato stake. Just about any old limb off a tree would have them beat all to hell. A lot of you guys must have some pretty poor excuses for tomato plants. jd

No, just great barrels that have been retired. besides, they scare the vermin away.

 

[coldboreshot]

No, just great barrels that have been retired. besides, they scare the vermin away.

But then again, wouldn't ANY rifle barrel??

 

[Shooter13]

There just planting the stakes...who said anything about growing stuff.

They are hoping a new barrel will grow out of the ground! ;-)

 

[Fuj]

The max heavies make great go-kart live axles. A friend of
mine made buccaneer pistols. I'd give him my barrels.

 

[jds holler]

I was kinda thinkin small caliber muzzleloader barrels. jd

 

[Steel Mover]

If you have a shop, with a mill and lathe, no end to uses for old barrels. I make elongated washers for pull bolt two piece stocks and escutions for fore-end mounting mounting screws. JES Barrels does reboring, depending on the muzzle diameter he can do a fine job on cut rifled barrels for cast bullets from what I understand.
For a tomato stake, better off with a 2x2 stake 4-5' above ground around here, the plants grow big and get heavy with tomatoes. But they make a great survey corner marker.

 

[Dimner]

Everyone always says tomatoes stakes. It makes me think there would be more grandma's tomato sauce recipes on these forums

 

[dcali]

I wonder if anyone has ever actually used a barrel as a tomato stake. People have been saying this for decades.

Pics or it didn't happen.