Hi there,
Can anyone recommend a gunsmith for the following services? D.wilson mfg told me he won't do the work. I would like someone to shorten/rethread an X95 barrel to 13" (measured from the barrel extension), machine in flats (as seen in the attached images from the barrel stub of a police kit; these are to retain a sling attachment point behind the flash hider), and open the gas port per specs below:
Barrel flats:
https://imgur.com/a/l9IWEvIIn the 5.56 version there are different gas port sizes for different barrel lenghts:
18inch barrel - 1.5mm
15inch barrel - 1.7mm
13inch barrel - 1.9mm
16.5inch barrel - not standard IDF barrel lenght, so I would not know.Propably arround 1.6mm.
In the Tavor system the gas port size in the barrel is the same for all barrel lengths.
It is the gas port size in the gas block/sight base that is different for each barrel lenght.
So after cutting a 16.5/18inch barrel to the 15inch (minimum) and threading it, you dont have to drill the barrel, but the gas block/sight base to 1.7mm.
Removing this part from a Tavor barrel is not like removing a gas block on a AR15.
It is pressure fitted to the barrel at factory, so removing and putting it back on the barrel is not an easy task.
But anything is possible for a good armourer/gunsmith.