Ruger hammer forged barrels
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well, they look pretty, you can buy them fairly cheap, directly from Ruger, Randy at CPC does a great job of working them over, and you can probably get a barrel that will shoot better than a stocker from Green Mountain for a few bucks more
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According to the features given on Ruger's website, even the standard carbines are hammer forged.
http://www.ruger.com/products/1022Carbine/features.html
http://www.ruger.com/products/1022Carbine/features.html
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The creviced gentleman of Cornwall has once again shared sage advise, very succinctly too!!
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John
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Thanks all for your info. Since I had already acquired a 16" bull barrel barrel I reckon CPC is my next consideration. Read that they will thread receiver and barrel and make it rock solid and straight. All sounds great to me. Thanks again
Paul
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The only problem with the 16" barrel is that you cannot have the chamber set back without creating an SBR.
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Yup you're right! To make it possible I would have to have a brake pinned and welded to add some length to give me some maneuvering room.The only problem with the 16" barrel is that you cannot have the chamber set back without creating an SBR.
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Unless you thread it, and weld on a flash hider. That is a legal solution. Done with countless AR-15 14.5" barrels.The only problem with the 16" barrel is that you cannot have the chamber set back without creating an SBR.
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After the holidays I will be looking to do this. Right now I just ordered my third PMACA chassis. First two in black anodized and the third now being cerakoted in FDE.
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Do you mean cross pinned? Welding a muzzle brake/flash suppressor all the way around certainly is one way. The other involves cross pinning and welding over the pins. The purpose is to ensure that the pins can't be removed. Is there another"legal" method?
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You don't even have to weld over the pins!
So far as I know,
Blind pinned, but the pin cant be removed, if it can it doesn't count, welding the pin ensures this.
High temp silver solder.
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Awhile back I read a test where a guy had two of the factory 10/22T barrels that were provided to him unchambered or cut. He also had one of the top 22 BR barrels of about 9 years ago. He chambered all four barrels and fitted them to a switch barrel 22 bench rest rifle.
He did some very extensive testing. I believe the other barrels were Liljas but I would have to find the article to be positive.
4 barrels tested results:
1. Lilja
2. Ruger
3. Lilja
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The results were so close that he stated that done in any other combination of days shot and ammo used the order could have been reversed front to back. The Ruger 10/22 barrel is a VERY good barrel. Not onl;y that but if you can find one that was made before they cut costs the highly polished Blued 10/22T barrel is, in my opinion, probably the prettiest heavy barrel you can put on a 10/22.
It is a shame they do not finish them like they used to. Still they are an excellent barrel especially when Randy does his thing to them!:bthumb:
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He did some very extensive testing. I believe the other barrels were Liljas but I would have to find the article to be positive.
4 barrels tested results:
1. Lilja
2. Ruger
3. Lilja
$. Ruger
The results were so close that he stated that done in any other combination of days shot and ammo used the order could have been reversed front to back. The Ruger 10/22 barrel is a VERY good barrel. Not onl;y that but if you can find one that was made before they cut costs the highly polished Blued 10/22T barrel is, in my opinion, probably the prettiest heavy barrel you can put on a 10/22.
It is a shame they do not finish them like they used to. Still they are an excellent barrel especially when Randy does his thing to them!
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Doesn't require an FFL. Just work on the barrel separate from the firearm, make sure it's a 16"+ barrel when you put it back in the rifle.
I will not dispute on that, because I don't represent the ATF. But a few years ago, one of the local smiths tried his version of "linear" pinning vs radial pinning, he won his case but it was questioned!
If the barrel stayed attached to the firearm, one would be manufacturing a SBR, that would require an 07FFL and SOT, and maybe technically, paper work, or a letter from the ATF.
Which is a lot of commotion, for a rechambering of a 10/22 barrel.
probably best to add the permanent brake first, then trim.
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Everyone I know of who rechambers 10/22 barrels only recuts and sets back the barrel between .200-.250 inches. If the stock barrel starts at 16.5", not an issue. I have a reworked 22" Wally World special barrel that is now 21.8" Nemohunter did it about 2008 IIRC.
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