Quote Originally Posted by bigduke6 View Post
The important thing is a Taper turning attachment, one of these and your in business, but to be honest, most barrel blank suppliers will contour any blank for little cost and I know Lothar Walther charge approx $65, 41 pounds (pound sign not working on laptop) for the ammount of time setting everthing up, and your own time on the machine etc, more cost effective to let them do the contour including the Tenion, the finish is excellent, so you will have a blank with correct contour and a machined tenion ready for the thread and chamber.
Talked "ftf" with a Lothar Walther man today (purely by chance). He indicated that doing a barrel complete with the hammer forged "scale" finish would likely be very cost prohibitive for a short run, as the set up is far more involved than doing a net near shape with a finish turn. Oh, well...