Build it yourself....Priceless

[customcutter]

I only hand tightened the barrel ext for now, but head spaced so that the bolt would close on the go gouge but not on the go gouge with a piece of .002" scotch tape on the back of it. I know it will compress when I torque it down, and Bill A. said the headspace will likely loosen up even more for the first 50 rounds. I can always lengthen the chamber by hand if needed after torqueing. Here are a few more pics of the barrel in the lathe and the ER40 collect holder. Note, it is holding the section turned down to .980", when I indicated the bore in with the 4 jaw. I feel safer with the collets,than I do with a 100lb 4jaw chuck at 700rpm. I took 1 pic taking light cuts on the 1.2 inch barrel, but soon realized I needed to set up the steady follower rest. Sorry no pics of that, but it keeps the work from bowing out from the pressure put on the material by the cutter.

The last pic is the profiled 18in barrel. I still need to drill the gas port and install the barrel extension. I may decide to sandblast it as well. I bought a cabinet last week.

As you can see in the last pic, it has already drawn first blood. LOL

Edit. I knicked the back of my hand on the HSS insert when removing the barrel after putting the 11*crown on the muzzle, nothing serious.