02-09-2021, 04:19 PM
(This post was last modified: 02-09-2021, 04:59 PM by lazyengineer.)
Lastrites Wrote:Oh if the 14.5" pinned to 16" goes away, surely the 16" will be just as dead. In that mindset we aren't going to be able to even keep them. I vote Lilja as mine shoots better than I can, color me impressed.
Yea pretty much. I can see the 12" "pistols" going away, as all that takes is for the ATF to unilaterally declare some things, which are in their charter and authority to do (doesn't matter if we don't like it). But they can't redefine current 16" guns into anything else so easy. And legislative banning 16" pin & weld (w/ 14.5" of rifling) vs 16" barrel; isn't likely to be a differentiating item in a future ban.
Looks like one my routes; the one of just pulling my Creedmoor barrel and have it cut and machined down as a fun-project - is looking like a go. Only cost being the barrel nut and flash-hider (and some thank-you goodness'). Don't see that project done before this summer, but sounds cheapest as well as potentially "neatest", since it means saving and repurposing a worn barrel, which is kind of cool So I'm leaning that way now.
And on that - for machining down the current SS HBAR form to something light and thin; what is the thinnest barrel wall thickness for a safe light-weight Grendel barrel? Does anyone have the dimensional drawings on any skinny-cut barrels?