Lee Martin
Hunter
Guys....sorry if I came across as rude here. To be honest, I didn't check this thread a lot and didn't look back on all the previous posts. Didn't mean to ignore people, but I was clear early on that I wasn't going to make it a complete "how to" thread. I don't do this as a business, so there's no money angle for me. A lot of gunsmiths do put a roof over their head by making cylinders though. As such, I decided not to give away every detail on how we build them. That plus no one taught us how to do it....we spent more than a few hours machining prototype cylinders out of aluminum back in the late 80s. If anyone is good enough with a mill to eventually make cylinders, they should take the time to figure it out on their own. In my opinion, that's the best way to learn Blackhawk smithing.