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Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 05:53 PM
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ETXbuckman
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I recently had one of my rifles rebarreled and the company that did it shipped the old one back to me as well. Any idea how I'm supposed to dispose of it? I was thinking maybe I could set it out with the recycling, or just with the trash, but those seem dicey.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
[Re: ETXbuckman]
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07/13/17 06:03 PM
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ChadTRG42
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It makes a good tomato stake!
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 06:33 PM
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I recently had one of my rifles rebarreled and the company that did it shipped the old one back to me as well. Any idea how I'm supposed to dispose of it? I was thinking maybe I could set it out with the recycling, or just with the trash, but those seem dicey. What seems dicey? It just a hunk of metal.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 06:42 PM
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Judd
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You can sell them for a little of nothing. Guys use them to make chamber seaters and depth gauges. I've kept mine because I have aspirations of owning a lathe someday and we'll need some practice barrels.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 06:52 PM
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J.G.
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I might pound one into a knife one day.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 07:10 PM
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ChadTRG42
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You can sell them for a little of nothing. Guys use them to make chamber seaters and depth gauges. I've kept mine because I have aspirations of owning a lathe someday and we'll need some practice barrels. This and some gun smiths cut them into short pieces use them to make thread protectors.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 08:49 PM
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I have chunked a few of them because no one wanted them. They were all .270 and 30.06.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 09:09 PM
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I might pound one into a knife one day. I like your style JG
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 09:25 PM
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Someone could be interested in buying it depending on caliber, gun model, length, etc....
what is it?
One shot is all it should take.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/13/17 09:56 PM
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Thanks for the information. I was afraid there may be some liability if I stuck it in the trash and someone pulled it out and used it for nefarious purposes. It's a stretch, yes, but people are crazy. I may just go ahead and put it up in the classifieds though.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/14/17 08:21 AM
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If you are worried about it being used, then cut, torch it, drill it, give it a salt bath and let rust, whatever to make it useless as a gun barrel. Then put it in the recycling.
It is far more important to be able to hit the target than it is to haggle over who makes a weapon or who pulls a trigger.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/14/17 12:04 PM
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HWY_MAN
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It makes a good tomato stake! My friend uses them to stake out tree's.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/14/17 05:17 PM
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Thanks for the information. I was afraid there may be some liability if I stuck it in the trash and someone pulled it out and used it for nefarious purposes. It's a stretch, yes, but people are crazy. I may just go ahead and put it up in the classifieds though. No different than if you throw a 2" pipe in the trash and somebody takes it build pipe bones with.
The very atmosphere of firearms anywhere and everywhere restrains evil interference. -George Washington
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/16/17 10:08 PM
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MikeC
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I might pound one into a knife one day. Don't use a stainless barrel if you do. 416 stainless won't harden sufficiently to make a good blade.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/16/17 10:10 PM
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MikeC
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I've got a ss 300 ultra mag barrel that I couldn't give away.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/16/17 10:14 PM
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Some guys will use discarded barrels to fabricate muzzle brakes. Maybe there's someone around who could use that barrel.
"Arguing with you always makes me thirsty." -Augustus McRae
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/16/17 11:37 PM
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Give it away. There's always somebody that will take them. It's pretty cheap for somebody to have one screwed on if there's is shot out
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/17/17 04:03 PM
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Used one barrel to make 'wad knockers'. Hacksawed it into 6" pieces to drop down a shotgun barrel when a wad got stuck from a poor reload. Still have a model 70 barrel 30-06 I'd sell to someone that would pay the shipping on. Came off of the donor I turned into a 6.5x55.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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07/17/17 09:32 PM
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It makes a good tomato stake! I like this idea.
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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#6832727
07/24/17 09:00 PM
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hold on Newt, we got a runaway
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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#6832740
07/24/17 09:15 PM
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SapperTitan
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First take the tin foil off your head then throw barrel in the trash can
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Re: Rifle barrel disposal
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#6832772
07/24/17 09:38 PM
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pertnear
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Save it. You may want to put it back on that rifle. Stranger things have happened.
"Who controls the past controls the future. Who controls the present controls the past.” - George Orwell
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