Slap the next person that tries to tell you about 10/22 "barrel droop"

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I bought a new Green Mountain barrel for my 10/22 today and am just installing it.

I've had so many people tell me about 10/22 "barrel droop", and all I can say is LOLOLOLOL.

The factory barrel wasn't that difficult to remove, but it was still very tight.

This Green Mountain barrel is insanely tight; I've had to hit it 100ish times to get it into the reciever.

"Barrel droop" my ass!
 
Got it in.

I had to really smash the hell out of it with a soft rubber mallet to move those last 2mm into the receiver.

I don't know how in the hell I'm ever going to take it back out if I need to, short of destroying the receiver, it's that freakin' tight.
 
swbw2000 said:
I have no idea what you are taking about. Is it okay if I just slap the next person I see?
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Some people think that the 10/22 is "inaccurate" because when you install the barrel, it's not threaded in, but instead squeezes into the receiver and than is held in place with a friction lock.

I've heard people tell me that most factory and some aftermarket barrels "droop" by 1 or 2 degrees, even when they're tightened up.

I can say, without a doubt, this is not the case.
 
Mr. Spectacular said:
Some people think that the 10/22 is "inaccurate" because when you install the barrel, it's not threaded in, but instead squeezes into the receiver and than is held in place with a friction lock.

I've heard people tell me that most factory and some aftermarket barrels "droop" by 1 or 2 degrees, even when they're tightened up.

I can say, without a doubt, this is not the case.
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Interesting. I've never owned one so I've never heard about this. Have any pictures?
 
Longshot84 said:
Would heating the receiver help the barrel slide in as well?
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heating the reciever wouldnt be the best idea, the heat needed to actually allow the reciever to stretch or become loose enough(proper term is escaping me) would most likely discolor the finish pretty bad aswell as possible weeken it. You cant really over freeze a barrel.
 
Barrel droop is not something that just happens once you free float on the initial installation, it takes time. The walls of the receiver are thin and that is the weak link in the overall setup once you remove any sort of barrel support. Wither that be a barrel block or a inch of padding in the barrel channel.

The verdict is still out of course, many have done it and never had a problem, and others not so lucky. I've yet to see actual pictures of said deformations but I'm not one to pass up that kind of knowledge of potential damage to the firearm.
 
factionrr said:
heating the reciever wouldnt be the best idea, the heat needed to actually allow the reciever to stretch or become loose enough(proper term is escaping me) would most likely discolor the finish pretty bad aswell as possible weeken it. You cant really over freeze a barrel.
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Heating would better be described as warming. Taking it up to 100 or 150 C won't affect anything, (unless it's painted or has plastic parts) but will expand the metal slightly, especially aluminum. You can also put the barrel in dry ice to shrink it more. Easiest way to warm is to set an oven to 100C and put parts in for 10 minutes.

Aluminum shrinks/expands more per degree than steel, so warming an aluminum receiver will do more than cooling the barrel.

Look up coefficient of expansion of metals.
 
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