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Threading a 10/22 barrel
Anyone have any experience doing this? I have been searching around and it sounds like it can be done. I may have to cut the end of barrel off as the sight block is a part of the barrel. My neighbor is a very talented mechanic and says he can thread or change threads on anything I want. I am considering having a go at it. Any thoughts?
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It needs to be done in a lathe.
The threads need to be concentric to the bore.
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Just buy a threaded aftermarket barrel. You can get a hunting barrel for $100 - $150 if you shop around. I've seen them on ebay for as little as $85.
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If you are doing it for a silencer and want to go first class, get a Gemtech Mist integrally suppressed barrel. Mine is quieter than a pellet rifle and doesn't look different than a bull barrel. It's one of my favorite guns and gets more trigger time than any other.
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That gemtech mist looks pretty cool.Originally Posted by Palmetto Bug
Only downside I see is not being able to swap it to other rifles (.17, .22WMR) or other pistols.
I love how silent a .22 is suppressed. Makes it very enjoyable. I cant personally speak to
.17 or .22WMR noise reductions.
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Anyone have experience with .17 hmr suppressed? Is it worth doing?
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Comfortable without protection but no where near “quiet.”
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A .17 bullet is only 17 or 20 grains. If you slow it down to subsonic, you are essentially shooting about the same energy as a heavier bullet from a pellet rifle, except it's ten time more expensive. Even a 40 grain subsonic pill from a .22 is fairly weak. A subsonic 22 magnum hits just as hard as a subsonic 22 LR.
Supersonic is not a heck of a lot quieter. The sonic boom is the loudest part of the shot.
It also takes all your long range target skills and compresses them into 100 yards. If I have mine zeroed at 50 yards and it is about 5 MOA low at 100. At 200 yards, you can take your head off the scope after the shot and watch with your naked eye before it hits.
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