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    It is one thing for an enthusiast to machine a Mk. II barrel shank on a manual lathe, quite another to manufacture barrels. It would no doubt be possible to set up a modern machining center to do the job - but there would have to be the demand.
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    Quote Originally Posted by tiriaq View Post
    It is one thing for an enthusiast to machine a Mk. II barrel shank on a manual lathe, quite another to manufacture barrels. It would no doubt be possible to set up a modern machining center to do the job - but there would have to be the demand.
    Tiriaq's correct when he says it's quite doable on a manual lathe, given the right gearing. You'd need a rifled blank big enough to accommodate the Ross profile, but they can be had. If you want to duplicate the original Ross barrel exactly, the profile could be reproduced using a tracer attachment. For a skilled machinist with the right equipment, producing replacement barrels for the Ross from rifled blanks would be no more difficult than any other precision machine part. BUT, could it be done profitably? The demand for Ross barrels, compared to modern AR's, or even Mausers, is not large enough to support continuous production. It would be occasional small runs only. CNC can accommodate batch runs quickly, but that's once the programming and tooling have been finalized, and it's the programming and tooling that take the time. Time is money; no commercial operator wants to spend that on something with such a limited demand.

    I did meet one guy at a show some years ago who sold engine adapter kits. He had them CNC'd in batches at a commercial shop, using the program and tool design that had been done for him, as a class project, by a senior student in the AMT program of his local community college. The student made the program, ran off one sample for his course, then turned over a couple of copies with the tool specs. All the time-consuming work was done, so all the CNC shop had to do was load the programming, install the tools, and keep feeding the machine with material. The batches worked out very economically. Unfortunately, this will NOT work for gun barrels. You won't find a trade class anywhere in this country that doesn't have a zero-tolerance ban on working on firearms components.

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