Re: MtMan-List: Old CVA Pistols

[hawknest4@juno.com (michael pierce)]

you made some darn good points---concure with the learning curves but i
guess i try to always look at the quality and end product that i build
and if you start with poor quality you will normally end with poor
quality---a person will take more pains with something that he has spent
hard earned bucks on---and he knows it is of good quality----
=+=
HAWK
Michael Pierce
854 Glenfield dr.
Palm Harbor Florida 34684     e-mail:   hawknest4@juno.com

On Thu, 29 Oct 1998 13:32:43 EST ThisOldFox@aol.com writes:
>In a message dated 98-10-29 10:41:15 EST, you write:
>
>> you gave him a lot of good info--and concure it can be done---think 
>you
>>  should sit back and look----try the common sense approach--- at 
>just
>>  getting a new barrel made by a barrel make
>
>Hawk,
>I agree that buying a new barrel might be cheaper, but how's a young 
>man going
>to acquire any skills of the trade by taking the easy way out.
>
>Look at all the things involved in making that little 5" barrel from a
>disposable part that is no loss if he screws up.  He has only hand 
>tools to
>work with and the experience in tool control in invaluable. He'll 
>learn:
>1. How to debreach an old barrel.
>2.  How to drill a straight hole in a tube.
>3.  How to polish the inside of a bore.
>4.  How to make his own touch-hole liner.
>5.  Some hand filing techniques
>6.  Probably other stuff too.
>
>Even if he screws it up, the experience is probably worth more than 
>the $40 he
>might pay for a new barrel.
>
>OldFox
>
>

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