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Salvaging barrels
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Scout728
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April 10, 2026 - 8:23 pm
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I bought these on epay hoping to salvage them.  

https://www.ebay.com/itm/389852286243

Unfortunately they were shipped like loose coins in a paper envelope.   They arrived minus the 10" barrel in an open package.   I do not know if damage to the threads are previously existing.   The barrels are by my guess .44 and 357 Max.   I have them soaking in Kroil.   I will blast them with cleaner and run brushes through the lead-fouled barrels and threads and polish the crap off the 357 max barrels with Flitz.  I am not sure if the 10" shroud is SS or raw steel?    There is so much metal taken off I am not sure?   At first I thought it was homemade.

What's the best way to cleanup the threads on the forcing cone end?

Am I missing anything to bring these babies back from the dead?

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If the threads are damaged you can try straightening them by screwing the frame end into a frame and the muzzle end use a barrel nut . I have a chaser tool for 357  Mag but I don't know what size you would need for the 44 and 357 Max. I would be afraid to use a frame and maybe damage the treads on the frame . Have you tried to install them in a frame.?

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