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A gunsmith would've made the barrel, and the rest of the parts required for the gun as well. For the most part a blacksmith made tools and farm equipment. A gunsmith typically would use a lathe to bore out the barrel once it had been made, which was a process in itself, dropforging onto a mandrel before small adjustments and some milling were done. Once the bore was complete many early gun barrels would be ready for the assembly of the gun. In most cases with a smooth-bore the lack of rifling negated the need for the lathe at all. In later years, (civil war era) a rifling breach was used to apply rifling to the inside of the barrel. This greatly improved accuracy and muzzle velocity.

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Q: How did blacksmiths make musket barrels?
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