HOW-TO: Recrown barrels...

[PrOpHeT]

...With household items.

Note: Mods, I am pretty sure that this is in the right place but if not, my apologies, and please feel free to move it.

This is for those of you who (like me) like to drop their barrels from time to time and put dents in them.

This is also for the person who buys an uncrowned barrel, and would like to crown it.

WHAT YOU WILL NEED;

-Lapping Compound

-Large marble

-Rags

-Soapy water

-Barrel, adapter, etc



WHAT TO DO;

take the marble and dip it in the lapping compound. Apply the lapping compound to almost half of the marble.



Put the marble in the end of the barrel you wish to crown, then, while applying pressure, twist the marble and the barrel into each other.

PUSH HARD.


Do this for about 5 minutes, or until the desired depth of crown is reached.
to check the depth of crown, simply remove the marble and wipe the compound off of the barrel.


It should look like this when finished;



When you are done, make sure to do a thorough cleaning of your barrel.
You do NOT want lapping compound on your adapter or your barrel, or inside your marker, unless you like have a bizzare obsession for buying orings.

To clean , dip one end of the barrel in a bucket of water, and pull the squeegie through, pulling watter up through the barrel. if your barrel has them, Make sure your porting holes are very clean as well.




There you have it! Hope this helps someone out.

Note; You could also do this with a drill and an abrasive ball grinder bit. But if that is not readily available, then this probably is.

Note: The reason that barrels should have crowns in them is because if you leave a sharp edge in the inside of your barrel, paintballs can grap and get thrown on a curve. It used to happen with my old Taso Pro series stainless, and I did this and it fixed it. Some barrels (especially old outdated ones you get ahold of from time to time) do NOT have a crown. This tutorial shows one method that can help fix that.

[gfgjester]

Looks great where it is, Prophet. And thanks again for the excellent tech advice!

[Grendel]

That is a real nice little instruction that others might find very useful. I went ahead and stuck it to the top of the barrel forum so it does not get lost in the masses of threads.

Good contribution to the site and thanks

[PrOpHeT]

Okay, thanks for the sticky Grendel!

[OvErShOt]

sooo, inform me what this does? just keeps the barrel in good condition?

[DeepFreeze]

It takes out those nicks that occur occasionally to a barrel that could potentially break paint as it leaves the barrel.

[PrOpHeT]

Originally Posted by DeepFreeze

It takes out those nicks that occur occasionally to a barrel that could potentially break paint as it leaves the barrel.

Correct, Deep Freeze. Another thing is that some of the older outdated barrels dont have crowned muzzles, just a straight edge. If you leave that edge, paint can grab and get thrown on a curve. It used to happen all the time with my old Taso pro-series. I did this to fix it and it worked.