Another Pratt and Whitney Rifling Machine

[@johnmollet2637]

If you're not careful you will wind up with a museum of old gun manufacturing equipment. Nice find Mark, thanks for giving us the tour.

[@brandongould6294]

He was a one of a kind person and the kindest gentleman I ever had the good fortune to know. So glad to see them running again. Pat would be tickled to see somebody as excited about old machines as he was. Thanks for taking us along on the journey, once you are setup to do rebores I just might need to get a .308 barrel turned into a .35 and would love for his machines to do it. Thank you for all the help you have given his family.

[@oregonoutback7779]

Nice purchase. I love seeing these fine old machines finding new homes where they will continue to turn out excellent products. Thanks for sharing with us.

[@ricktaylor5744]

Thank you Mark. It's good to see that old equipment is going to be doing what it was designed to do.

[@dianecullum1281]

(Mike C.) Good to see y'all expanding into rebore/re-rifling! I had an old .43 Spanish Remington military rolling block bored out, re-rifled and chambered for 50-70 govt. so I could shoot it. I was surprised there were so few folks out there doing that work these days. It really took some doing to find someone! One fella (Prescott Az.) told me he wasn't taking anymore work as he was two years behind. The demand is there so you should get some business with those machines!

[@KayDaly-ms5gn]

Fascinating ,thank you, my husband must see this.

[@chrischiampo7647]

Very Cool Piece of Equipment Mark 😊😀😊 Pat Was a Genius 😀

[@tomarmstrong750]

Gun drills like that are, or were, used a lot in commercial aerospace for precision deep hole drilling, typically in aluminum. The difference being larger (.5 inch or more) and shorter. In a commercial airplane a deep hole would be 4 - 6 inches. Such large deep holes were usually done later in the manufacturing process when the aircraft was close to final assembly. Thus they were used in a portable positive feed drill setup that would be mounted to the aircraft structure via tooling. Think of that converted lathe in the video but without the bed, legs, pulley system and separate motor. It was totally self-contained (with a separate lube/coolant system) and pneumatic powered. Gun drills were used for the same reason as with gun barrels: they are a lot faster than twist drills and generally do not require a secondary ream.

[@russbilzing5348]

My father worked at McDonnell-Douglas and mentioned those.

[@stevenbacon7194]

Sorry to hear about Pat passing. I knew him when he lived in Braggs Oklahoma.

[@Copperheadroad1]

Thanks for posting this video. Really looking forward to seeing some videos on barrel making.

[@Mtbambeno]

Color me a tad jealous! Nice find, he would be very glad to know they are going to be continued to be used I am sure.

[@flintrichards945]

That is some fantastic looking equipment it’s good to see that someone is keeping it going and using it that’s awesome.

[@Brian-rj5rl]

I was curious to see the brass Derek get makers plate, glad you showed it at the end!

[@roadking99jokerst60]

Thanks for posting about stuff that otherwise I would never see.

[@wm.traynor1143]

Liked that very much, thanks mate 👍

[@edsmachine93]

Very nice find. Very versatile machine. Thanks for sharing. 👍

[@hunter36ish]

Nice! Great channel and really enjoy you shooting those old firearms. Very informative channel! You get that rifling machine up n runnin' I may need a new barrel for my 50-95 Winchester replica! Thanks!

[@jeffgrier8488]

Thanks for showing us the machines, i look forward to seeing them in action!

[@oldhorse4171]

Fun to see!! Thanks.

[@luke8210]

Glad this just popped up. 109 outside and i really didnt feel like going outside to work. Best channel on youtube. Thanks!

[@CplSkiUSMC]

I'd love to stop by the shop sometime and see that baby at work. Thanks!

[@scottfoster9452]

That was absolutely fascinating. I am looking forward to more future videos on barrel making. 👍

[@henrysara7716]

Thank you Mark.

[@loupuleff571]

Real nice equipment Mark I'm gonna have to buy a lever gun with a bad barrel soon !

[@TheREALLibertyOrDeath]

Cool, I live right near them. 😎

[@lessage760]

This was very interesting sir thank you for sharing

[@johnpalmer7272]

Love it. Would love to watch that done. Thanks

[@ClovisPoint]

I used to work with Pratt and Whitney barrel drilling machines ,there was also a Colt machine and a reaming machine ,also drilled race car axles which increased the tensile strength by 4 times ,lapping barrels by hand wasnt the fun part

[@jtbork1221]

Very cool machines...Best of Luck bringing them back to use.

[@jeffryrichardson9105]

Very interesting! Thank you for sharing! 👍🏽😀❤️🇺🇸

[@robr1656]

Congrats on the new to you machines. Thanks a lot for sharing.

[@steveshoemaker6347]

Thanks Mark for the update video..... Old F-4 II Pilot Shoe🇺🇸

[@brivas3343]

Great video!! Was drooling over the whole shop in the background.

[@kendescovich9199]

Great video, unfortunetly you have a Tester political add here in Montana

[@droberts73543]

Nice

[@terrycannon570]

Love it.

[@Tammy-un3ql]

👍👍👍👍

[@arkansasnaturalstate]

do you know where I can find a finger lever catch for a 1895? Thanks

[@MichaelHayes-uj9od]

That's a good business to get into I paid 550 for a lilja in 22lr

[@tacticalrabbit308]

Question what is the fastest twist rate you would use on a 44cal bullet in a rifle for a 300 grain bullet as max weight and 200 grain as minimum weight barrel length of 20 - 24 inches with a projected velocity of 2600 fps ?

[@JSCB-365]

Is there any chance you have these setup in Cody yet?

[@thecinnabar8442]

We're making correct Winchester barrels in Cody now, but we're not rifling them with one of these machines yet.

[@michaelhayes7471]

I used to work at a place where all their machinery equipment came off a ww 2 ship if you take care of it we will all be in the ground an it will still be running