Removing rifling

[Rocdenindy]

Weird one but can the rifling be removed on a 22 rifle? Have an older single shot that I want to convert to a smooth bore for a turkey shot gun for kids. Bonus, if you can point me in the right direction in Indy area.

 

[Squirt239]

Weird one but can the rifling be removed on a 22 rifle? Have an older single shot that I want to convert to a smooth bore for a turkey shot gun for kids. Bonus, if you can point me in the right direction in Indy area.

Eek....

Well, I have drilled and relined them on my lathe. But, the liner is rifled. You'd basically have to have a long enough drill bit to go in through the muzzle, and not catch the chamber; i.e. a endmill but in drill bit length.

Maybe @55fairlane might have a better suggestion?

 

[ghuns]

Shoot several thousand rounds of bird shot through it.

My grandpa had a Remington model 33 that my dad shot pigeons in the barn with. A LOT of pigeons.

The bore in that is smooth as can be.

 

[Rocdenindy]

Shoot several thousand rounds of bird shot through it.

My grandpa had a Remington model 33 that my dad shot pigeons in the barn with. A LOT of pigeons.

The bore in that is smooth as can be.

Looking for something a little cheaper lol

 

[Creedmoor]

I would just buy them a single shot 410

 

[Leo]

It has been a long time but they made a piloted bit for doing that before fitting barrel liners.

 

[63PGP]

I would just buy a 410 or Henry's smooth bore 22 lever action.

 

[42769vette]

Doesn't take to many machine hours for a new gun to be the cheapest solution.

 

[blain]

I would just buy them a single shot 410

I'm thinking a .22 shot shell would just blind or irritate a turkey.
A 410 would be the way to go. Part of ethical hunting is a quick, clean kill.

 

[Creedmoor]

I'm thinking a .22 shot shell would just blind or irritate a turkey.
A 410 would be the way to go. Part of ethical hunting is a quick, clean kill.

The book "Fair Chase" is a great book for kids to read and learn from.

 

[Cameramonkey]

Isnt there something illegal with making them a smooth bore? Or am I thinking pistols? Maybe its pistols that cant be smooth bore or it becomes an AOW?

I vaguely remember discussing this for garden guns.

 

[Squirt239]

I don't believe he is saying for turkey hunting, but a turkey shoot....the competition where there's a target with a small dot in the center. Person with a pellet closest to the dot wins.

If this would be for turkey hunting, then that would not be an approved caliber.

I'm thinking a .22 shot shell would just blind or irritate a turkey.
A 410 would be the way to go. Part of ethical hunting is a quick, clean kill.

 

[DoggyDaddy]

I don't believe he is saying for turkey hunting, but a turkey shoot....the competition where there's a target with a small dot in the center. Person with a pellet closest to the dot wins.

If this would be for turkey hunting, then that would not be an approved caliber.

I would hope so. Nobody wants to face a blind irritated turkey.

 

[Rocdenindy]

I'm thinking a .22 shot shell would just blind or irritate a turkey.
A 410 would be the way to go. Part of ethical hunting is a quick, clean kill.

It’s for a turkey shoot. A shooting competition

 

[Rocdenindy]

Isnt there something illegal with making them a smooth bore? Or am I thinking pistols? Maybe its pistols that cant be smooth bore or it becomes an AOW?

I vaguely remember discussing this for garden guns.

That’s for pistols

 

[shootersix]

I'm thinking a .22 shot shell would just blind or irritate a turkey.
A 410 would be the way to go. Part of ethical hunting is a quick, clean kill.

In the Evansville area we call it a spot shoot, in other areas they call them turkey shoots, and sometimes board shoots…those areas are wrong!

 

[shootersix]

Weird one but can the rifling be removed on a 22 rifle? Have an older single shot that I want to convert to a smooth bore for a turkey shot gun for kids. Bonus, if you can point me in the right direction in Indy area.

A few years ago, at the local spot shoot, they’d been having a 22 shoot, a guy shows up and starts cleaning up!…someone asked “what you shooting?” He replied I bought a savage from Whitakers in Owensboro…Whittaker’s had bought an over run from savage that was made for the Canadian market…smooth bore 22 bolt action rifles made for pest control!…the next shoot, everyone showed up with them!

I worked at a shop that had guy showing up and asking us to mount and bore sight in all these savage guns…then we started getting calls asking if we could get them, we couldn’t as Whittaker bought every one they had!…and now I think they’re a catalog item available everyday, and I know Henry makes one (I think they call it a garden gun)…you might have better luck with that

 

[55fairlane]

Sorry all, I know I'm real late to this party, but I have down with the woodoo-vudoo.........
Can't drill out the old barrel as a twist drill will not leave a good enough finish , but it can be reamed out, using a machine reamer (not chamber reamer) , the question is "is there a stock sized reamer available or am I gonna have a reamer sent out to a tool & cutter grinder and brought to my specific size?"

A new "rifle" or a different barrel fitted to your "rifle" may be your best bet.

 

[Squirt239]

Sorry all, I know I'm real late to this party, but I have down with the woodoo-vudoo.........
Can't drill out the old barrel as a twist drill will not leave a good enough finish , but it can be reamed out, using a machine reamer (not chamber reamer) , the question is "is there a stock sized reamer available or am I gonna have a reamer sent out to a tool & cutter grinder and brought to my specific size?"

A new "rifle" or a different barrel fitted to your "rifle" may be your best bet.

I knew you'd come through

 

[jcj54]

As 55fairlane said, a piloted reamer with an extension would be the way to go. It would take about an hour to modify a reamer so the tooling cost would be around $85.
The barrel should be removed from the receiver to do the job properly. Total shop time would be around 2.5 hours so it would be around $235 for me to do it in my shop.