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Posted: 1/7/2009 4:02:50 PM EDT
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I want to reduce the weight of my 20' heavy barrel. My buddy and I will be doing the work. Question, should all the material we remove be from under the handguard, and how many ounces? I was thinking of about three-quarters of a pound. More? Less?
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Question, should all the material we remove be from under the handguard No. and how many ounces? I was thinking of about three-quarters of a pound. More? Less?
I have no idea how many ounces will be removed. Tell us what you use the barrel for, if it's free floated, stainless or carbon steel, etc and we could recommend some suitable contours. Quoted:
Do you have a lathe? Obvious question, and a less obvious question is whether you can do long tapers on a lathe or if you are limited to straight diameters. |
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My friend has years of machining behind him. He's got a good lathe and the proper chucks to hold the barrel, once I've removed it from the gun and break it down. Regular steel barrel, meaning not SS. I'm after a lighter weight and a good 200 yard shooter. I don't dump 1000's of rounds down stream, perhaps 100 to 200 rounds a month. I would have ordered a light weight barrel, but no one had a LW or fluted barrel when I ordered this upper. I sent my money in on Nov. 4th, as soon as I knew my guy would not be elected to the White House. Slim pickens then and now.
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Instead of going by weight, pick a contour and got town.
Here is some food for thought: barrel contours The big thing is to watch out for the gas block location. .750" is the most common diameter at the block. You can get creative, just make sure you leave a good spot for yur gas block. Here is a good pic of lightening up as much as you can while leaving the gas block seat: 
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