Pmangelos

Thank you all for the information

First off thank you for taking the time to help someone with virtually no knowledge in this area. I am a gunsmith by trade and am working on a personal project as a gift for one of my sons. I am building a rifle and would like it to have a damascus barrel. Obviously that isn’t terribly practical but I’ve had a barrel blank made that would essentially be a liner that I would like to put a damascus sleeve over. The barrel is 1.125” for the first three inches or so then it takes a step down to .550” for the rest of its length. My original plan was to buy a round bar of Damascus that is 32mm (that seems to be a pretty common diameter) and 20” long. I would then drill it out to match the external profile of my custom barrel and then bond the damascus via solder or epoxy to the barrel. At that time I could then turn the outside diameter to my desired finished profile. It’s turned out that I can’t seem to find anyone that sells 32mm anywhere near long enough; I can find up to about 11” but not longer. My question for you guys is do you know of a source to find something this long or can someone take this 32mm (1.26”) and stretch it out by making it thinner tapering it to .700 or so. Is there someone that you guys would recommend? I’m in Northern California. Do you guys think this is even feasible? Thanks again Paul