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Posted: 10/16/2012 4:28:04 PM EDT
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Hello everyone. I am debating putting my heavy barrel on a metal lathe and taking it down to a more lightweight profile. Barrels can be expensive and hard to find right now. I have family members who are very skilled at this and I don't question whether it can be done but more should it be done. Has anyone done this with good results. As of right now I am just kicking the idea around and it isn't set in stone. Let me know what you think.
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It is absolutely doable... the company that made the barrel turned it on a lathe, after all.
Plan on getting a kit to re-phosphate the barrel if it's not stainless, though. I was going to re-profile a stainless barrel so I wouldn't have to deal with refinishing it afterwards but I ended up getting a PSA lighter weight upper instead. Joe |
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I'd go for it,,, here is the old thread from my project
http://archery.ar15.com/archive/topic.html?b=3&f=118&t=514519 |
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