shortening barrel
- Thread starter BiggieXD
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Jyezahn
US Veteran
This^^^^ Pinned and welded 14.5 and FH is Non-NFA
Why? Because:
1. Improved transitions when shooting speed-steel competitions. HUGE advantage.
2. Louder report, so the electronic timer can hear the shot when shooting speed-steel competitions.
3. More maneuverable in the front seat of the car (if you drive around your property with the rifle).
4. If you add a suppressor, the final length can be kept a reasonable 16 inches or so.
5. If you add a suppressor, a short barrel will keep the bullet subsonic.
6. Looks cool.
You can use a hack-saw, file, and crowning tool to shorten the barrel. Easy peasy.
However, I would never cut the threads with a die. You're asking for trouble. Threads should be centered on the bore, not the barrel OD.
1. Improved transitions when shooting speed-steel competitions. HUGE advantage.
2. Louder report, so the electronic timer can hear the shot when shooting speed-steel competitions.
3. More maneuverable in the front seat of the car (if you drive around your property with the rifle).
4. If you add a suppressor, the final length can be kept a reasonable 16 inches or so.
5. If you add a suppressor, a short barrel will keep the bullet subsonic.
6. Looks cool.
You can use a hack-saw, file, and crowning tool to shorten the barrel. Easy peasy.
However, I would never cut the threads with a die. You're asking for trouble. Threads should be centered on the bore, not the barrel OD.
Kayback
Member
The mandated 16" is also just a thumb suck number that doesn't actually MEAN anything.
With the .22, however, it is fairly close to the optimal barrel length. That being said I can make the same sort of shots with my 4.25" pistol as a I can with my 16" rifle. There isn't much to a .22. You'll get some 600m terminal ballistic differences with a 10.5" and a 20" 5.56mm, but not so much with a paper punching .22 at <100m.
KBK
With the .22, however, it is fairly close to the optimal barrel length. That being said I can make the same sort of shots with my 4.25" pistol as a I can with my 16" rifle. There isn't much to a .22. You'll get some 600m terminal ballistic differences with a 10.5" and a 20" 5.56mm, but not so much with a paper punching .22 at <100m.
KBK
Gopher Slayer
Member
Then you have non-concentric threads and a non-recessed crown with no chamfer.
It should be done by a professional or someone with plenty of experience IMO. It's not a shotgun barrel.
Sigma05
Member
He's right there, but there is a tool to help you do that if you don't have access to a lathe.
http://mobile.brownells.com/mobile/aspx/search/product.aspx?pid=22229
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Majorlk
Member
NO! You thread barrel on a lathe, not with some Home Depot die - at least by people who know what they are doing.
