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Anyone know what on the barrel?
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Really hard to tell what that does - I do not recognize that as a brand name thing, but might be?? Do the pair of slots go right through? Any idea what size hole is in the end of that? Appears to be pinned to that barrel, right side and left side - so somebody did not want it to come off!!! That rifle looks to be a Remington 788, right hand eject - looks like someone added chequering and that front QD sling stud.
Or a cork ....
Not unlike how folks tried to circumvent the ban affecting 17.75" m1 carbines.
Maybe some old Bubba thought this would make him legal again.
The following paragraph is taken from the Border barrels site:
"When contouring a barrel, a lot of metal is removed and if there is any stress in the metal then this is relieved by the removal of material. This may result in a barrel that started out as straight ending up as bent. This is not usually a problem when cut rifling a barrel as this does not induce any stress, but button rifling induces a fair amount of radial stress which is relieved by turning the barrel down. What happens then is that as you remove metal from the outside so the dimensions on the inside grow larger. If you turn a sporter barrel with a skinny muzzle from a buttoned blank then you find the barrel is bell mouthed and the bore diameter is a thou' or more bigger at the muzzle than the chamber - definitely, not good! Buttoned barrel blanks have to be stress relieved before profiling to prevent this expansion at the muzzle."
http://www.border-barrels.com/articles/bmart.htm
"When contouring a barrel, a lot of metal is removed and if there is any stress in the metal then this is relieved by the removal of material. This may result in a barrel that started out as straight ending up as bent. This is not usually a problem when cut rifling a barrel as this does not induce any stress, but button rifling induces a fair amount of radial stress which is relieved by turning the barrel down. What happens then is that as you remove metal from the outside so the dimensions on the inside grow larger. If you turn a sporter barrel with a skinny muzzle from a buttoned blank then you find the barrel is bell mouthed and the bore diameter is a thou' or more bigger at the muzzle than the chamber - definitely, not good! Buttoned barrel blanks have to be stress relieved before profiling to prevent this expansion at the muzzle."
http://www.border-barrels.com/articles/bmart.htm
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- SE corner Sk
The rifle in question is a left hand remington 788, it's coming up for sale on Icollector. From the listing it says that it has a 18 1/2 inch barrel.
https://www.icollector.com/Remington-Model-788-Rifle_i48532676
https://www.icollector.com/Remington-Model-788-Rifle_i48532676
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I had a left hand 788, not quite sure but I think they came with 20" barrel?
This one is nice, maybe its a add on barrel compensator or maybe a pinned extension?
If I win this gun I'd update this thread.
This one is nice, maybe its a add on barrel compensator or maybe a pinned extension?
If I win this gun I'd update this thread.
All the LH 788's I've seen had longer barrels. 18" carbines were RH only, and I've only seen those in 7mm-08 (I've got one) and 308. Which doesn't mean they never made any, just that they haven't showed up in my neighborhood. My guess is someone trimmed the barrel and then added whatever that piece is on the muzzle, if it is a LH rifle. - dan
