Muzzle break?

bearkilr said:
If someone runs the serial number on that gun, it won't show the specs with the new short barrel, that's all I'm trying to say.

So if i take my 20" bbl Win 94 and put a 16" bbl on it, I now have a M94 Trapper? I've never seen one for sale that didn't come from the factory as a Trapper.
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I think swapping out barrels is not uncommon - is a whole industry set up to supply that - I have a long chambered barrel for Mauser 98 that I bought from B.C. retail seller in Nov. 2021. Apparently the maker - McGowen in USA - uses CNC machines and makes that barrel when you order it - to your specs. You won't "make" your 20" m94 into a m94 Trapper - Winchester trademark user did that, for the originals - but you can make one about identical - and I think one way of doing that results in a prohibited firearm, and a couple other ways of doing it results in a non-restricted firearm. As mentioned, CCC appears to be concerned about HOW it was done, not WHAT you ended up with - unless I missed a section somewhere - which is VERY possible ...

In another, perhaps "goofy" attempt, I installed a 7.65 Argentine chambered barrel from a Paraguay 1909 (?) into a Chilean 1895 receiver - needed to make breeching washer, etc. and to peel some from rear end of that barrel to get bolt face / extractor clearance, and headspace correct when that barrel was turned on snug - but it seemed to work - does not mean Chile ever used that cartridge, though - even though at least one rifle existed that way, at least for a while.

And is possible that some other set of laws - patent protection, copyright - might prohibit someone like me from duplicating an existing commercial product - but if so, for rifle barrel dimensions, I have not found that yet.
 
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Get a self timing one so you don't have to use shims or have a gunsmith index it for you.

I like the Insite Arms Heathen. Multiple OD's so you can more or less match the contour of your barrel, and they make an aluminum option if weight is a concern/priority.
 
Dosing said:
https://nfa.ca/barrel-and-firearms-lengths/
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Thanks, this section here is what I was talking about when shortening a bbl.

I have, for example, a .22 rimfire semi-auto 30-shot rifle with a 9-3/4″ barrel, a .410 single-shot shotgun with an 11-3/4″ barrel, two 12-gauge pump-action shotguns with 14″ barrels, a .22 rimfire pump-action rifle with a 17-7/8″ custom barrel and a .223 calibre rifle with a 14″ barrel — AND ALL OF THEM ARE NON-RESTRICTED. THAT IS BECAUSE THEY EITHER LEFT THE FACTORY WITH THOSE BARRELS, OR WERE FITTED WITH FACTORY- OR CUSTOM-MADE BARRELS IN THOSE LENGTHS AT SOME LATER DATE, and were NEVER fitted with a longer barrel.
 
And all those short drop-in barrels that have been sold, for 10/22s, 870s, etc.
An NFA opinion is just that. An opinion. Which doesn't seem to have any relationship to established practice.
 
The buyers of all those short 10/22 and 870 barrels must all be financially well off, given that all of them must be prepared for a long court battle vs R.
 
tiriaq said:
And all those short drop-in barrels that have been sold, for 10/22s, 870s, etc.
An NFA opinion is just that. An opinion. Which doesn't seem to have any relationship to established practice.
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Which established practice? The guide the NFA mentions has been accepted for over a decade and a half, manufacturers of shorter barrels have hashed this out with the Mounties and Firearms Office.



Surely the barrel length debate could have been culled from the OPs request for a brake for a 308.
 
This is just my opinion. You may have very valid reasons to brake a 308win, but with a little practice, you won’t need it for accuracy and recoil management. The recoil on a 308, even with heavy bullets, is minimal. What that brake is going to do, however, is make you and everyone else around you deaf. You’ve got to wear good hearing protection, which, I think, is a hinderance to hunting. For target shooting, the other guys and gals at the range will just love the noise.

The heavy hitters (like 338win, 340wby, and up) - different story.
 
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