Anyone cut down their own barrel to make a tactical shotty?
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I cut a 12G down to 19" once. I used tubing cutters for just a bit, then cut with a hacksaw. Finished completley from there with sandpaper down to 800grit. It shoots dead on with wider groups of course. Cyl. Bore only. And I no longer have front sight.
I cut a Winchester M1200 barrel down to 20". Drilled and tapped a new front sight bead onto it. Used a pipe cutter for the intial cut and then dressed it up with a round india stone and emery cloth. Look and shoots as good as any factory barrel. I went 20" so my magazine extension wouldn't stick out.
Brownells sells an adapter that is soldered to a shotgun barrel, which accepts screw-in choke tubes.
I suppose a little sleeve could be lathe turned installed, with a piece of cot-off barrel fitted.
weasel1 - are you looking for a piece of cut-off barrel with which to experiment?
I suppose a little sleeve could be lathe turned installed, with a piece of cot-off barrel fitted.
weasel1 - are you looking for a piece of cut-off barrel with which to experiment?
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I've cut barrels down. I start by marking the top center of the barrel before I cut so I could move the bead easily, and purchased a barrel facing tool to square up the cut. The barrel facing tool cuts fast, so if you use one be careful. Mine left chatter marks because I used a hand held drill not a lathe, but that cleaned up easily with a single point file, and the finished job looked not bad.
Well here's what I want to do. Extend my Hatsan MPA-TS and choke it. The current barrel is threaded (as most of you know) and I'd like to take advantage of that. If the barrel piece I get is thick enough, I'll just tap it and screw it on. If it's not, I have a friend who can make me an adapter piece. I'd then solder the adapter to the barrel and tap it accordingly. If this works the way I want (and I can get it to all line up ), it should be pretty sweet shooting. I have found what I want on the interwebs for Saiga 12's and Benelli M4.s, but they were custom made. A Polychoke for a Saiga would screw right on and accomplish the same thing, but I like to make stuff. Besides, I've never been known to do things the easy way. One other thing. If this works, I can return my shotgun to the way it came in the box.
I measured M22 x .75 (external thread). Thank goodness it's not a proprietary thread. I just did some more digging on the subject and I did find something that it's very similar to what I'd like (although shorter):
ttp://www.f-bomb.net/store/p13/F-BOMB_SAIGA_12_CHOKE_TUBE_ADAPTER.html
ttp://www.f-bomb.net/store/p13/F-BOMB_SAIGA_12_CHOKE_TUBE_ADAPTER.html
"I cut a 12G down to 19" once. I used tubing cutters for just a bit, then cut with a hacksaw. Finished completley from there with sandpaper down to 800grit. It shoots dead on with wider groups of course. Cyl. Bore only. And I no longer have front sight. "
I did the exact same procedure as above with a cheap 2nd hand 870 barrel for my pump action shotgun two years ago for camping and hiking. Haven't shot it. Too busy camping and hiking where I don't need it.
I don't know what the #### a "tactical shotty" is.
I did the exact same procedure as above with a cheap 2nd hand 870 barrel for my pump action shotgun two years ago for camping and hiking. Haven't shot it. Too busy camping and hiking where I don't need it.
I don't know what the #### a "tactical shotty" is.
i have a browning shotgun over under that has about four inches cut off the barrels after the previous owner plugged the barrel and blew it up . it must be tactical ? it is deadly on deer as it prints slugs in a vertical pattern about three inches apart .
That is going to create a restriction in the threaded area, since the part that threads into the choke threads has to be smaller diameter than the barrel. Not sure how that would affect function and patterns, but I doubt it would be beneficial. The maximum inside diameter you could get is probably about equivalent to an improved cylinder choke.
