444/410 underway

[lazarus]

In my introduction I said I was planning to build a 444/410. This is how it is working out so far.
The donor was a Rossi 762x39 that only fired 3 or 4 out of 5 rounds due to excess headspace(new gun)
I cut the barrel off at the beginning of the taper, drilled, reamed and threaded it to 3/4x16TPI. The front 1" was then bored to 13/16". I purchased a H&R bare barrel blank from Numerich for $48.00. I turned it for the shoulder and threaded the end for a snug fit. It test fit very good.

Back to the lathe to face the barrel to match the stub. Next I test fit it in the frame. Perfect. Marked barrel and stub, removed stub and plugged barrel with wood dowel. Coated the stub inside and the barrel threads and shoulder with "no gap insurance" and reinstalled stub(torqued to my specs).

2 days dry time and it was time to fit it for the front stock. I had cut the stock attaching stub off the donor barrel. I didn't want to weld it to the barrel and make a hot/hard spot so I sliced 3/16" of the donor barrel off(big end) and ground the stub to fit the bore. I welded them together and ground it to fit the dovetail I cut into the barrel.