.311" barrel - have one laying aound gathering dust?

by Paul , Friday, February 11, 2022, 11:50 (952 days ago)

I've been contemplating C.E. Harris' article on building a 32 SWL rifle based on a singleshot 410 shotgun for which he had a barrel made. Actually, he ended up with two barrels, one in 32 ACP and the other in 32 SWL which he later reamed out to 32 H&R. I've long been intrigued by the idea of a 32 SWL rifle and the idea of having such a barrel fitted to an old 410 makes sense (at least in my tangled brain it does). Since we've got a 327 Single Seven in the stable, and most of the ammo for it is of the 32 SWL persuasion, it makes sense to procure a long arm launching platform in the same flavor. So I figured I'd feel out the possibilities of a surplus barrel rattling around in one of y'all's shop/basement/garage/junk pile. I've been using my weak 'net skills to seek out a donor barrel, but so far am coming up dry. A new barrel would be nice, but that'd increase the cost of the project tremendously, especially if it needed to be turned down to keep it from being prohibitively heavy for its intended users (my wife and grandkids). I'm hoping to find one with at least 20" of useable bore. Thanks for any leads.