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Thread: .22LR barrel cutdown?
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07-02-2016, 23:11 #11
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08-02-2016, 08:52 #12
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08-02-2016, 09:08 #13
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Re: .22LR barrel cutdown?
To avoid teaching the youngsters some choice military vocabluary, may I make a few suggestion?
1. Try to tension the circular spring by prying it off and giving it a little squeeze in the bench vice. Do not overdo this, as a kink in the spring will weaken and ruin it.
2. Carefully polish the chamber with some 1200+ grit waterpaper wrapped around a suitable dowel and driven by hand drill. Use lots of "spookpiepie" or similar fluid.
3. Just clean the chamber from the rear, without cleaning the barrel.
22 Rimfires are notorious for poor accuracy after proper cleaning.
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08-02-2016, 09:53 #14
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08-02-2016, 11:29 #15
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Re: .22LR barrel cutdown?
How long will the barrel be after cutting it off behind the bulge?
There is very little benefit gained from a barrel longer than 12 inches in .22Lr
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08-02-2016, 12:18 #16
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Re: .22LR barrel cutdown?
Current barrel length is 21", cut-off length would be 15".
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08-02-2016, 12:53 #17
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Re: .22LR barrel cutdown?
I know of a BRNO mod 2 that was cut to 10". Damn sweet shooter
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08-02-2016, 13:32 #18
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Re: .22LR barrel cutdown?
15" will be more than enough. I would go shorter and add a silencer
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08-02-2016, 15:18 #19
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08-02-2016, 18:08 #20
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Re: .22LR barrel cutdown?
Ds J, just confirm in the FCA, but IIRC there are limits to "how much" of a barrel a gunsmith may remove without CFR approval. Something in the back of my mind says 2"? Again, I think it's one of those close-to-unenforceable rules, but just confirm before you sommer lob a whole chunk off the end....
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