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Can you drill brass without a lathe?

I want to bore a brass hex bar, for a handgonne. I only want to bore it about 5 inches in, and half an inch down for the touch hole. its 6″ long, i have all the drill bits I need, but no lathe. Can you safely drill brass with a conventional drill?

1. Depending where you live that “handgonne” might be illegal.
2. Brass IS soft enough, but it’s unlikely you can hold the drill in place
well enough to get a good bore without a lathe or drill-press.
3. Be damn careful if you proceed to test firing that the walls are thick
enough all the way round lest that ‘handgonne’ become a ‘hand grenade’.
Can you spell ‘shrapnell’? – Nuff Said?

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