Magnetized barrel on my Rossi

FatJackDurham · Post by **FatJackDurham** » Fri Nov 09, 2012 11:40 pm

Well, this is curious. Apparently, while cutting the dovetails on my Rossi 92, I had the gun in the vice almost perfectly aligned North to South. The two dove tails I cut must have involved thousands of vibrations as I used the files on the barrel. The result is that my barrel is now lightly magnetized, and can pick up screws, attract the magtube spring and follower and other steel objects.

Has anyone ever had this problem? How do you de magnetize a gun barrel?

piller · Post by **piller** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 12:05 am

Not sure whether it makes a difference if it is magnetized. There is a tool available at Harbor Freight and Northern Tool and Equipment that is used for magnetizing and demagnetizing items such as screwdrivers. Maybe it would help.

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 1:02 am

Just run it over a de-gausser.

AJMD429 · Post by **AJMD429** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:41 am

If you're ever lost in the woods, just hang it from a string and you know which way is north...

jeepnik · Post by **jeepnik** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:56 am

Just wait a bit, it will most loose it's magnetic strength. All things, to one degree or another have a magnetic pull. It's just usually so small it's ignored. On the other hand, if you use steel cases, you won't have to bend over to pick them up for reloading.

Pete44ru · Post by **Pete44ru** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 10:15 am

Some 'o you Vermonters just have a magnetic personality.........................

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FatJackDurham · Post by **FatJackDurham** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 11:35 am

Heh. Nice ones. I figured shooting it in various directions would vibrate the magnetism out.......

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 12:01 pm

The degausser is the best sugggestion. You have one laying around the house don't you?

If you're having the gun heated treated or getting some sort of baked on finish applied, that might reduce the field.

Beating it with a hammer to realign the molecules would work, and it would also create a need for the new finish, but it might not be very helpful for the gun's other functional considerations. Just shooting it a bit probably has the same effect. I guess it depends on your mood at the time which approach you take.

You might be able to create a home-made degaussing field by splitting a piece of zip-cord (two conductor electical cable, like a cheap extension cord) without removing the insulation, and then make a loop with one of the conductors to pass your gun through. The cord would need to be connected to an operating electrical device, and the more power it pulls, the better because that would create a denser AC field effect within the loop. Anyway the loop with one leg of a single phase AC circuit might produce a field strong enough to realign and randomize the molecules and reduce the magnetic effect.

FatJackDurham · Post by **FatJackDurham** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:20 pm

Hmmmmm. I have an AC arc welder, could do. But I am afraid using a strong AC field will cause induction heating. Better just leave it be.

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:28 pm

FatJackDurham wrote:Hmmmmm. I have an AC arc welder, could do. But I am afraid using a strong AC field will cause induction heating. Better just leave it be.

I was thinking that maybe a space heater or power tool would suffice.

But, as you suggested, just shooting it will most likely do the job.

Post by **Old Savage** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 2:45 pm

Uncle who was a metalurgist and did trouble shooting in that field for a large steel company told me it made difference in steel as to what direction it lay as it was curing.

william iorg · Post by **william iorg** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 3:29 pm

Pre-WWII there was quite a discussion in the American Rifleman about magnetized 22lr barrels and the accuracy boost given by the magnetism.
In Russia there were supposed to be many hunting rifles made fromore which caused the barrels to be magnetic.
Several competitive shooters tried magnetic barrels and electric bedding devices.

wecsoger · Post by **wecsoger** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 4:06 pm

Pish and Tosh. Leave it as-is and always carry a small length of paracord. At least then you'll always know the direction to North.

(plus or minus magnetic declination, depending on where you are)

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 7:42 pm

I have access to one

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Sat Nov 10, 2012 9:48 pm

Mescalero wrote:Just run it over a de-gausser.

Man! Those things are 10g's +!!

On another note Fat Jack. Don't shoot no WW2 surplus steel core ammo or especially any 62 gr. steel core .223 out of it. I've heard of .223 and 45 acp bullets sticking in Rossi levergun barrels that are magnetized.----------Sixgun

FatJackDurham · Post by **FatJackDurham** » Sun Nov 11, 2012 9:58 am

Sixgun wrote:
Mescalero wrote:Just run it over a de-gausser.

Man! Those things are 10g's +!!

On another note Fat Jack. Don't shoot no WW2 surplus steel core ammo or especially any 62 gr. steel core .223 out of it. I've heard of .223 and 45 acp bullets sticking in Rossi levergun barrels that are magnetized.----------Sixgun

???????????

Are you flippin serious? This happens often enough in Rossi's that you have heard that?!?!?!???

Fortunately, mine is a 357..... i guess....

jcw · Post by **jcw** » Mon Nov 12, 2012 5:16 pm

FatJackDurham wrote:
Sixgun wrote:
Mescalero wrote:Just run it over a de-gausser.

Man! Those things are 10g's +!!

On another note Fat Jack. Don't shoot no WW2 surplus steel core ammo or especially any 62 gr. steel core .223 out of it. I've heard of .223 and 45 acp bullets sticking in Rossi levergun barrels that are magnetized.----------Sixgun
???????????

Are you flippin serious? This happens often enough in Rossi's that you have heard that?!?!?!???

Fortunately, mine is a 357..... i guess....

Yea. I thought everybody knew about this....

Leverdude · Post by **Leverdude** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 2:16 pm

I bet just shooting it will be enough to dispell the magnetism.

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:46 pm

[quote="jcw"
Yea. I thought everyone knew about this. [quote/]

Thanks!

---------Sixgun

Mescalero · Post by **Mescalero** » Tue Nov 13, 2012 4:50 pm

I did NOT know about it.
How bizzare.

piller · Post by **piller** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 11:53 am

I am sceptical about magnetism causing bullets to get stuck in the bore. The power of a magnet needed to stop a 100 grain bullet at 2000 fps or more would be strong enough to pick up a car.

earlmck · Post by **earlmck** » Wed Nov 14, 2012 12:15 pm

Mescalero wrote:I did NOT know about it.
How bizzare.

Oh yes, a well-known phenomenon. Apt to happen whenever Sixgun is around the campfire

FatJackDurham · Post by **FatJackDurham** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 6:42 pm

Campfire... Ah. that explains it...... The gas plasma of the flames emits EM radiation that amplifies the magnetic field oh who cares.....

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 8:05 pm

piller wrote:I am sceptical about magnetism causing bullets to get stuck in the bore. The power of a magnet needed to stop a 100 grain bullet at 2000 fps or more would be strong enough to pick up a car.

I'd have to ask which components of non-military bullets are magnetic...

hayabusa · Post by **hayabusa** » Sun Nov 18, 2012 11:31 pm

FWiedner, that is what I have been thinking.

hayabusa

FWiedner · Post by **FWiedner** » Mon Nov 19, 2012 12:20 am

Steel cases on low end ammo maybe?

Still have to be a heck of a magnet.

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