Hello, first post questions.

I have a 15-22 with <12K rounds through it. I have a can on the way, but my barrel is not threaded.

Should I replace the barrel, or have it threaded ? Is the barrel close to being "shot out" ?

I cant seem to find new barrels on the net ?

Any thoughts or comments are appreciated.

S&W will not sell you a barrel, but don't worry... you are not in danger of shooting it out. If you somehow manage to do so later, send it in & they will replace it.

I have sent my barrels to Adco for threading. Give them the specs for your can. I have the Sparrow, so my threads are cut for its o-ring engagement & are the proper length... as opposed to the threads on a factory barrel which are too long & require a spacer.

Jim

__________________
FIDELITAS ET FORTITUDO

Welcome (I brought SVH over from a 300 blackout forum, where he asked the same thing).

Jim - did S&W replace your 4" SBR barrel with a shiny new 16" barrel, or am I mis-remembering?

One other comment. Since you are going to shoot suppressed & are gonna have to send your barrel off for threading, now would be a perfect time to e-file a form 1and have your barrel cut down. Some folks go ultra short, such as 4.5", but I had some failures while shooting subsonics as the shorter the barrel, the less velocity you get. I traded barrels & now have a 10" barrel. Since my Sparrow is 6" long, my gun is now back to carbine length with suppressor attached and I'm back to no failures using subsonic ammo. I just found the gun a bit long & a bit unbalanced with a suppressor attached to a 16" barrel.

E-filed form 1s are real quick now... about a month I think.

__________________
FIDELITAS ET FORTITUDO

Cool. I purchased a 9" AAC 300 Blackout upper for my AR & love it. My Saker 7.62 has about another month or so in jail.

I contacted S&W & they asked me to send it in. I offered to purchase a new barrel but they refused. I assume they were gonna replace for free but am not certain. I ended up trading my 4.5" barrel for an unthreaded 16" barrel with a member here. He got what he wanted & I got the ability to reset & start over.

__________________
FIDELITAS ET FORTITUDO

Thanks for the speedy replies.

I'm already in for 4 stamps as of the other day, 2 cans and 2 SBRs, and I'm on the NFA diet already (You can't tell by waistline yet though).

I still have a few months to wait sooo...... maybe another SBR is in my future.

I'll do some research on optimal barrel length and stuff, and put it on the list of "to do" before my cans get out of jail.

The other thing you might consider is checking out Innovative Arms. They can turn your 15-22 into an integrally suppressed weapon. We have one and we like it a lot. It's 4 oz heavier than the original, and shoots high velocity ammo (rated at 1250fps+) as subsonic.

It's another tax stamp, and you can't reuse the suppressor, but it's only ONE tax stamp...

SVH:

When you have 100k through the barrel, you can start to worry about it being shot out. I have a High Standard target pistol with over 65k through it and it still puts 10 rounds in a 1 inch group at 25 yards from a machine rest.

If you're nervous about spending the money getting an old barrel threaded, you can get a slip-on thread adapter from Tacticool22.

I'd just get it threaded...hard to imaging a 22 barrel "shot out" with as few as 12000 rounds through it...

__________________
M&P's and K Frames Pleeze!

I've seen those, but kinda leery about baffle strikes, but I have had no dealings with them, so I don' know. Just a set screw holdin it on, don't know if I'd trust that.

Opinions/experience on these are appreciated.

I won't get my can until June (fingers crossed) or so, so I think I'm gonna go the cut down barrel/thread/SBR route.

Thanks

I'm with you. I wouldn't trust my suppressor to just some set screw. That product might be fine for a fake can or flash hider, but when you know a suppressor needs threads concentric to the bore, I'd stay away from this.

__________________
FIDELITAS ET FORTITUDO