Dark Alley Dan
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Hey, folks.
A fellow I taught the CFSC to last weekend has a problem - He once was a 12.6 guy, and proud owner of a c. 1971 Colt Diamondback, .22 LR, 4" tube. The county switched his mailing address and he forgot to inform the CPFO, who sent his renewal notice to the old address. He never got it, never thought of it, and so it expired. Apparently, his 12.6 status expired with it. He's had zero latitude granted by the CPFO, who tell him he must now get rid of it.
I've suggested he get it to a smith, get the barrel spun off, hand that in, re-register the remains as "frame only", and try to hunt down a 6" barrel for installation. The trouble is 6" Diamondback barrels are apparently as rare as fragments of the True Cross, or firearms guys at the NDP National Convention - they exist, but I can't find one.
He's open to suggestion. I suppose a blank could be made to work, but will be ugly unless someone puts a lot of effort into it. I recall an article years ago (mid-70's I think) in G&A about a guy who swapped a Python barrel onto a K-frame Smith, but that's kind of the opposite, and I have to think a guy would want a pretty hardcore experience revolver smith to make it work.
I've checked with WGP - they have nothing, nor much hope of finding anything. Brownells isn't coming through either, nor anyplace else on the Interwebs I've checked. I'm open to ideas. Anyone know of interchangeable Colt barrels that could work?
Ideas?
Thanks,
Dan
A fellow I taught the CFSC to last weekend has a problem - He once was a 12.6 guy, and proud owner of a c. 1971 Colt Diamondback, .22 LR, 4" tube. The county switched his mailing address and he forgot to inform the CPFO, who sent his renewal notice to the old address. He never got it, never thought of it, and so it expired. Apparently, his 12.6 status expired with it. He's had zero latitude granted by the CPFO, who tell him he must now get rid of it.
I've suggested he get it to a smith, get the barrel spun off, hand that in, re-register the remains as "frame only", and try to hunt down a 6" barrel for installation. The trouble is 6" Diamondback barrels are apparently as rare as fragments of the True Cross, or firearms guys at the NDP National Convention - they exist, but I can't find one.
He's open to suggestion. I suppose a blank could be made to work, but will be ugly unless someone puts a lot of effort into it. I recall an article years ago (mid-70's I think) in G&A about a guy who swapped a Python barrel onto a K-frame Smith, but that's kind of the opposite, and I have to think a guy would want a pretty hardcore experience revolver smith to make it work.
I've checked with WGP - they have nothing, nor much hope of finding anything. Brownells isn't coming through either, nor anyplace else on the Interwebs I've checked. I'm open to ideas. Anyone know of interchangeable Colt barrels that could work?
Ideas?
Thanks,
Dan
