muzzle crown

[Capt. JEB]

I have two ASM c&b's with no muzzle crown, does it make a difference on these revolvers as it does on rifles?

[Fingers McGee]

Nope.

[Pettifogger]

Most of the old rilfes had no crowns either.  Even see a crown on any 66 or 73 rifle?  (Carbines had crowns, but not the rifles.)  They shot and continue to shoot just fine.

[Delmonico]

As long as everything is straight and even no problem.  The crown is there to protect the rifling at the end more than anything else.

[Capt. JEB]

I didn't think so. Been messin' with my mil surps lately and noticed the c&b's didn't have one.

[Paladin UK]

FWIW....

When I first started.............. `tinkerin`.......... the first barrel I shortened was on this Uberti #58....



I also had been told that iffn I didn't crown the muzzle end I would have horrendous accuracy,  well, I decided to chop it in any case, and the #58 although it was now a full 2ins shorter shot nigh on exactly the same at 15 yds as it did with the original length!!

I told that bloke what I`d done and the results and he jest said `I wuz lucky` It wasn't till a year or so later I got talking to a `proper` Gunsmith at Bisley and I also learnt the truth behind the myth regardin ... Crownin 

Paladin (Whats plain tuckered out after that!! ) UK

[Capt. JEB]

Thanks for the replys. I won't worry about it.

Unless the groups are off, then I got something to blame it on!!

[Adirondack Jack]

Unless ya ding the muzzle, ya don't need a crown.  HOWEVER, a crown is asthetically pleasing, and a nice crown can be achieved by the average kitchen table gunsmith.  Here's how:

Get ya a LARGE brass screw with a 'mushroom" head (not a huge dome, but a shallow rounded head), and a tube of valve grinding paste.  Chuck the screw in a low speed (probably cordless) drill, load the head of the screw with compound and commence to gently working the muzzle.  Make sure ya rock the drill motor side to side a bit so yer brass screw doesn't get a track cut in it, and go slow, checking the results often.  Pretty soon ya will have a nicely polished crown cut into the muzzle.  clean er up real good to get rid of the grinding compound.

OR, ya can buy a fancy crown cutter with a proper pilot for the caliber, and cut a 'proper" crown. The cutters ain't cheap, so ya can't justify one for one or two guns.

Now if ya like, ya can compliment that work with a slight chamfer on the outside of the muzzle as well, using fairly fine, brand new, sharp 220 wet or dry paper wrapped around a stick like maybe a paint stirrer.  The outside cut is purely for looks.

[Noz]

Unless ya ding the muzzle, ya don't need a crown.  HOWEVER, a crown is asthetically pleasing, and a nice crown can be achieved by the average kitchen table gunsmith.  Here's how:

Get ya a LARGE brass screw with a 'mushroom" head (not a huge dome, but a shallow rounded head), and a tube of valve grinding paste.  Chuck the screw in a low speed (probably cordless) drill, load the head of the screw with compound and commence to gently working the muzzle.  Make sure ya rock the drill motor side to side a bit so yer brass screw doesn't get a track cut in it, and go slow, checking the results often.  Pretty soon ya will have a nicely polished crown cut into the muzzle.  clean er up real good to get rid of the grinding compound.

OR, ya can buy a fancy crown cutter with a proper pilot for the caliber, and cut a 'proper" crown. The cutters ain't cheap, so ya can't justify one for one or two guns.

Now if ya like, ya can compliment that work with a slight chamfer on the outside of the muzzle as well, using fairly fine, brand new, sharp 220 wet or dry paper wrapped around a stick like maybe a paint stirrer.  The outside cut is purely for looks.

That's the kind of stuff I love to see. How to do something cool with nothing.