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Posted: 5/2/2003 8:47:54 AM EDT
| okay I have a chance to buy a barrel for a good price but it is a preban and the gun Im building is a post, what all would I have to do to the preban barrel to be legal on a postban gun???? |
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I was in a similar situation and decided that it was just easier, and less costly, to buy a postban barrel. The bayo lug is easy enough to grind off, so that's no problem. The threaded barrel is where the hastle comes in. You have two choices: remove the threads completely and have the muzzle re-crowned; or permanently attach a muzzle brake/compensator. My problem is that I don't have the tools (or knowledge) to do either, so I would have to send the barrel to gunsmith. Of course if the barrel is cheap enough to offset all of the above costs, then go for it. |
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The easiest thing to do is grind off the bayo lug, and touch up the spot with Birchwood Casey Touchup Blue. Replace the flash hider with a Cav Comp. It provides instructions for blind pinning. After, you should weld over the hole, and you can touch up the weld with the same touchup blue. |
| If the barrel's cheap enough, re-sell it for a profit, and buy the barrel you need. If there's not enough discount to make this option viable then there's probably not enough to make it a bargain after adding in the cost of modifying it anyway. What kind of barrel is it? Make? Vintage? What's wrong with it that makes it so cheap. Seems like whenever I try to go real cheap, I always end up with something less than I really wanted and would've paid more for in the first place. |
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