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Posted: 8/29/2008 8:36:36 PM EDT
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I just inherited a Bushy AR carbine, in the "post-ban" configuration from my father. Thus, it does not have a flash suppresor or threads for the same. A quick check from my Brownells catalog shows an alignment tool (fits into the bore on the muzzle end, and has threads to guide the die on the other end), and a die to thread the barrel. Has anyone had any experience with these tools?.....I plan on installing a short flash suppressor ( a slip over XM177 style), to reduce the chances of a "baffle strike" (aka a chance with a longer flash suppressor) should the threads not be perfectly centered.....anything to change the ridiculous looks of the current configuration. Any advice would be greatly appreciated, since I have never attempted to thread a barrel in the past, and do not have a lathe. Thanks !!! |
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I have never threaded a barrel. However, I have used one of the slip-over flash suppressors for a short while. It makes the rifle VERY muzzle-heavy. It seems okay at first, but you really get tired of it over time. Plus, it doesn't fit the diameter of the barrel - there is a gap big enough to stick stirring sticks (the things you stir coffee with) in all the way around. If you do thread it, I would go with a real flash suppressor, even if you have to ream out the bore of it to ensure adequate clearance. I'd just take the barrel off, sell it on the equipment exchange, and buy a no-ban one to go on it. If there's too much sentimental value in the way your dad had it, I don't imagine you'd be threading it anyway. |
| You would be better off to take it to a 'smith and have him thread the barrel on a lathe. My 'smith over here on the west slope only charges about $40 or so I believe. And there are many good places to take a barrel on the Front Range. Including the gunsmithing school in Denver. |
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