I now have a threaded barrel!
The problem is I don’t know who did the work. I got this 24″ .22 barrel through a trade.
Do you guys recognize it? As you can see it has a cap for the end.
Thanks for any info or thoughts you may have,
Greg
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The question is trick because you can’t. Without knowing the composition of the metal used in the construction and the level of heat treat and the angles used to sharpen, the most important questions remain unanswered; what is the breaking strength of this tool? What kind of an edge will it take? What is the rust resistance of the base metal? How long will the edge last? All of these are performance variables that are very important to me, a hunter (not a collector), cannot be answered by inspection unless the maker has stamped the information on the blade. Some steels will take a very nice edge, but the metal is so soft it will be dull before you finish dressing your first animal. The finish on the blade is unimportant to me. Its utilility, how much use I get out of it, IS.
With your barrel, the characteristics that you should be worried about cannot be ferreted out by looking at it. Its performance will tell. So asking who made it or how many tpi it was threaded at, don’t really answer the important questions you should be asking. Then again, its your barrel, so I suppose if you wanted to use it as a paperweight or as a bludgeoning tool, is up to you and I should shut up. But this IS a forum for questions. So this is just my 2 cents.
aloha,
walt
WoHoo! Knife Stuff!
Wish half the Knife Collectors out there were half this sharp! 🙂
Did I say Sharp! Here I go again… 😀
MIke
Not necessary. Just make adapters and leave the adapters on the rifle.
It would be nice to make it the same threads as a sumatra. then you can switch LDCs from different guns.
nice work btw
Greg, it’s like this: you’re buying a knife and have 2 in front of you and must choose between them. They look identical except one has been buffed to a nice shine and the other has been left with a standard finish, sort of semi satin. Which do you choose?
The question is trick because you can’t. Without knowing the composition of the metal used in the construction and the level of heat treat and the angles used to sharpen, the most important questions remain unanswered; what is the breaking strength of this tool? What kind of an edge will it take? What is the rust resistance of the base metal? How long will the edge last? All of these are performance variables that are very important to me, a hunter (not a collector), cannot be answered by inspection unless the maker has stamped the information on the blade. Some steels will take a very nice edge, but the metal is so soft it will be dull before you finish dressing your first animal. The finish on the blade is unimportant to me. Its utilility, how much use I get out of it, IS.
With your barrel, the characteristics that you should be worried about cannot be ferreted out by looking at it. Its performance will tell. So asking who made it or how many tpi it was threaded at, don’t really answer the important questions you should be asking. Then again, its your barrel, so I suppose if you wanted to use it as a paperweight or as a bludgeoning tool, is up to you and I should shut up. But this IS a forum for questions. So this is just my 2 cents.
aloha,
walt
1/2 UNF for any accessories like silencer’s you can find.
Tim Wilson does that, not saying he did your’s though – just a name off the top of my head – http://www.custombrakz.com
Thanks Walt.
I was just asking because I didn’t think being able to do this well was very common, especially with the cap. It looks to me that is is 1/2″ major diameter with 28 TPI.
Greg, nice barrel. But I’m a litlte lost as to why you’d want to know who made it.
The thread work looks nice and the shoulder cut is of the proper depth. The roots of the threads look to be filled with crap or else very rough cut, I can’t tell; but I’d clean them out and check. Other than that, I’d say just enjoy it. If it shoots good, you have a winner.
aloha,
walt
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I checked my old emails and couldn’t figure out where I got that from. I figured it came that way from Airforce? May be you could get some critical dimensions for any after market items.