AR Sponsor
Posted: 4/7/2006 3:46:45 PM EDT
|
WHY? Because I get .45 firepower in a 9mm package. .45 mags are still an unsolved issue with the .45 conversion. .45 GAP rounds feed out of 9mm mags and are currently factory loaded to .45 +p levels so I loose nothing compared to a regular .45 setup. Almost done. All I need is a flip up front sight that attaches to the hand guard. I used a Thompson submachinegun, 16" barrel from Gun Parts Corporation. I had a local machine shop shorten the chamber by milling a little off the rear of the barrel and then they made me a new barrel extension that has Thompson barrel threads instead of AR barrel threads. A regular Thompson barrel can be used for an inexpensive, .45, upper build. Uses 9mm Sten mags and a KKF magwell filler block with an Delton upper I drilled for the Oly Arms spring ejector. The new barrel extension doesn't have the angled cone shape for the bolt like the Oly extension but it still feeds great.     So what do you guys think? |
AR Sponsor