Threading a barrel

[Tungsten 0]

Whe a gun comes Factory Threaded is it reasonable to expect the original manufacturer to include a thread protection sleeve so that the gun can be used without the moderator attached?

 

Simarlarly, if a barrel is threaded by a gunsmith can it be done so the gunsmith makes a sleeve to protect the thread while the moderator is not fitted.?

[SportingShooter 0]

Most Factory barrels, if not all, which are screw cut come with a thread protector.

 

If it is cut by a 'smith then he will more than likely have one for the size of thread you have.

 

Regards

SS

[sounder 9]

Whe a gun comes Factory Threaded is it reasonable to expect the original manufacturer to include a thread protection sleeve so that the gun can be used without the moderator attached?

 

Simarlarly, if a barrel is threaded by a gunsmith can it be done so the gunsmith makes a sleeve to protect the thread while the moderator is not fitted.?

they should have giving you one i got mine done by a gunsmith he gave one to me , i go back and ask them for one

cheers sounder

[hiho 5]

get a cheap muzzle break to fit on the end

[Deker 3,491]

Whe a gun comes Factory Threaded is it reasonable to expect the original manufacturer to include a thread protection sleeve so that the gun can be used without the moderator attached?

 

Yes..and in the vast majority of cases they do!!

 

Simarlarly, if a barrel is threaded by a gunsmith can it be done so the gunsmith makes a sleeve to protect the thread while the moderator is not fitted.?

 

You will commonly have to ask in these circumstances, and there may well be an additional charge, but if you want one ..ask!!

 

 

With regards muzzle breaks as mentioned in the preceding post...they should be banned, except on an air rifle or rimmy...if you have stood anywhere near a half decent centrefire you will know why, the ground shakes, your head is knocked off your shoulders, the neighbours (5 miles away) come screaming and the wildlife all moves to another county!!!

 

Just my opinion of course.....

Edited July 24, 2008 by Deker

[SNAP SHOT 194]

i was shooting two feet away from a sako trg22 .308 and i have to say the blast of noise side one with ear defenders was very sore so sore in fact i had to stop shooting till he was finished.......... so get a thread protecter instead.........

its not to expensive to get one made even if it is not with a factory threaded rifle...

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Blimey! Bad as all that, Deker?!

 

As it happens, we were in the gun shop last weekend and Dean O' asked about those 'Muzzle Break' things. Dave had them there for air guns and Dean just spotted them and asked. Fact is, none of us were really too certain what they're supposed to do!

 

So; Why would one want to put one on a centrefire? And what causes all the commotion if one does? Just curious

[Deker 3,491]

Blimey! Bad as all that, Deker?!

 

As it happens, we were in the gun shop last weekend and Dean O' asked about those 'Muzzle Break' things. Dave had them there for air guns and Dean just spotted them and asked. Fact is, none of us were really too certain what they're supposed to do!

 

So; Why would one want to put one on a centrefire? And what causes all the commotion if one does? Just curious

 

Simple explainaition.....

Bullet leaves barrel rotating and gasses leap out of the barrel causing muzzle flip (commonly upwards) or twisting the barrel, a correctly made and fitted muzzle break directs blast gasses out evenly, up down, sideways to prevent/reduce this flip effect and make the shot more accurate. Also tends to reduce muzzle flash, not as well as a flash guard, and can actually look incredible at night..but so do most rifles/shotguns...just let go a 12g at night and it will look like a flame thrower!!

 

The muzzle break really showed it's worth shortly after the introduction of the Thompson (Gangster) machine gun..less than half way through a magazine the barrel was shooting planes out of the sky as nobody had the strength to hold it down....the Muzzle break did the trick and kept it shooting straight.

 

They can be useful on a centrefire but in all honesty on a rimfire, and certainly an air rifle they have little or no real use/effect!!

 

....I do not let ANY of my shooting partners use them, and I have been several lanes away from shooters using them on the range and the ground really does move!

[Guest Ditch_Shitter]

Cheers for that, Deker. Now I know

 

Think I'll stick to just leaving my moderator on my rifle then! I don't think Anything could make my Pig any more bloody accurate anyway

 

Anyway; Got my beady eye on a Browning A Bolt .223 now! By all accounts, they simply couldn't be any More accurate?! And it comes ready threaded - with a thread cover. The black, synthetic model. You handled one of those? I did. Last saturday. Then they caught me licking it .....

 

 

[Deker 3,491]

Cheers for that, Deker. Now I know

 

Think I'll stick to just leaving my moderator on my rifle then! I don't think Anything could make my Pig any more bloody accurate anyway

 

Anyway; Got my beady eye on a Browning A Bolt .223 now! By all accounts, they simply couldn't be any More accurate?! And it comes ready threaded - with a thread cover. The black, synthetic model. You handled one of those? I did. Last saturday. Then they caught me licking it .....

 

 

 

 

Not used the Browning A Bolt, but I'll be at the Game Fair this weekend, see if I can get my hands on one!

[Mr_Logic 5]

Blimey! Bad as all that, Deker?!

 

As it happens, we were in the gun shop last weekend and Dean O' asked about those 'Muzzle Break' things. Dave had them there for air guns and Dean just spotted them and asked. Fact is, none of us were really too certain what they're supposed to do!

 

So; Why would one want to put one on a centrefire? And what causes all the commotion if one does? Just curious

 

Simple explainaition.....

Bullet leaves barrel rotating and gasses leap out of the barrel causing muzzle flip (commonly upwards) or twisting the barrel, a correctly made and fitted muzzle break directs blast gasses out evenly, up down, sideways to prevent/reduce this flip effect and make the shot more accurate. Also tends to reduce muzzle flash, not as well as a flash guard, and can actually look incredible at night..but so do most rifles/shotguns...just let go a 12g at night and it will look like a flame thrower!!

 

The muzzle break really showed it's worth shortly after the introduction of the Thompson (Gangster) machine gun..less than half way through a magazine the barrel was shooting planes out of the sky as nobody had the strength to hold it down....the Muzzle break did the trick and kept it shooting straight.

 

They can be useful on a centrefire but in all honesty on a rimfire, and certainly an air rifle they have little or no real use/effect!!

 

....I do not let ANY of my shooting partners use them, and I have been several lanes away from shooters using them on the range and the ground really does move!

I was thinking maybe I would get the T3 Tactical in 308 with the break they ship out with it. Guess now I need another Remington

[Tungsten 0]

Thanks all for that, most enlightening.

 

I purchased the rifle as "factory threaded" but when there was not a device to protect the thread and the shop said there wasn't one in the box, I called the manufacturer who said they don't factory thread barrels! So obviously this was done by a gunsmith. I am not too worried if the shop can get me one made, but will a poorly made one affect accuracy?

[jamie g 17]

Thanks all for that, most enlightening.

 

I purchased the rifle as "factory threaded" but when there was not a device to protect the thread and the shop said there wasn't one in the box, I called the manufacturer who said they don't factory thread barrels! So obviously this was done by a gunsmith. I am not too worried if the shop can get me one made, but will a poorly made one affect accuracy?

 

it cant affect accuracy mate in less it gets in the way of the bullet what size is the thread i mite have one here you can have

Edited July 26, 2008 by jamie g

[SNAP SHOT 194]

Cheers for that, Deker. Now I know

 

Think I'll stick to just leaving my moderator on my rifle then! I don't think Anything could make my Pig any more bloody accurate anyway

 

Anyway; Got my beady eye on a Browning A Bolt .223 now! By all accounts, they simply couldn't be any More accurate?! And it comes ready threaded - with a thread cover. The black, synthetic model. You handled one of those? I did. Last saturday. Then they caught me licking it .....

 

 

 

getting the bug now i see ditch, good lad

[Tungsten 0]

Thanks all for that, most enlightening.

 

I purchased the rifle as "factory threaded" but when there was not a device to protect the thread and the shop said there wasn't one in the box, I called the manufacturer who said they don't factory thread barrels! So obviously this was done by a gunsmith. I am not too worried if the shop can get me one made, but will a poorly made one affect accuracy?

 

it cant afect accuracy mate in less it gets in the way of the bullet what size is the thread i mite have one here you can have

 

Don't know the thread size but it has a wildcat mod fitted.