Prohib BBL change to Restricted

mike shickele

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It strikes me that if a licensed dealer does it, and has it re-registered to a restricted firearm, that all of the prohibited handguns out there could be put back into common circulation. Why has no savvy gunsmith done this and advertised the finished products on gun nuts? For the decreased price that one can normally get a prohibited handgun for, it would seem that there should be a reasonable amount of money in it for someone that was willing to undertake this sort of venture on a production-type basis.
Mike
 
12(6) pistols with barrels under 105mm are routinely rebarrelled. Doesn't have to be done by a dealer, either.
If all of the short barrelled pistols were to be put back into circulation, there would have to be a lot of different barrels available.
 
mike shickele said:
It strikes me that if a licensed dealer does it, and has it re-registered to a restricted firearm, that all of the prohibited handguns out there could be put back into common circulation. Why has no savvy gunsmith done this and advertised the finished products on gun nuts? For the decreased price that one can normally get a prohibited handgun for, it would seem that there should be a reasonable amount of money in it for someone that was willing to undertake this sort of venture on a production-type basis.
Mike
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Of course that still won't save any chambered in .25 or .32. :(
 
I had a Luger made in 1940 re-barreled to make it 106 cm. I felt bad doing it but it was not matching - one of the pieces was numbered different and that made me feel better.

On a side note - the Luger shoots better than my Walther P99 as well as my friend's Glock. Best 9mm pistol I have fired and so accurate. It manages recoil much better than the ceramic pistols!!
 
you underestimate the time and effort that it takes to make a new barrel (drilling out and inserting a sleeve of sorts doesnt count)

also have to take into account the time it takes to get it reclassified, ive been waiting 2 weeks already, and i estimate at least 2 more till i get my gun
 
heavenIsAlie said:
you underestimate the time and effort that it takes to make a new barrel (drilling out and inserting a sleeve of sorts doesnt count)

also have to take into account the time it takes to get it reclassified, ive been waiting 2 weeks already, and i estimate at least 2 more till i get my gun
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If they're factory replacement barrels, it would take substantially less time than re-sleeving of an existing barrel.
Mike
 
considering how much trouble we have even getting an extra 10mm tacked onto a gun like a 229, its going to be hard to convince a factory to make just long barrels for us. not to mention most of the guns that are prohib arent in production anymore
 
I recently had the gun pictured below, rebarreled to 6", haven't bothered to take a photo of its new configuration. It will now go to a nephew on a permanent loan, in the care of his parents till he reaches legal age.

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Junkyard Dawg said:
I recently had the gun pictured below, rebarreled to 6", haven't bothered to take a photo of its new configuration. It will now go to a nephew on a permanent loan, in the care of his parents till he reaches legal age.

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That's what I'm talking about. bet it wasn't a lot of hassle, or a lot of money either. That's a good ol' H&R 22lr, isn't it?
Mike
 
mike shickele said:
Semi auto would be more difficult, but it should be no problem with revolvers.
Mike
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Most revolver barrels would be very difficult to make if you want to keep the factory appearance. I think that one piece S&W barrels were made from a forging having the approximate external contour that was then bored, rifled, and finished. Something like this would be a lot of work to machine:

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tjhaile said:
Most revolver barrels would be very difficult to make if you want to keep the factory appearance. I think that one piece S&W barrels were made from a forging having the approximate external contour that was then bored, rifled, and finished. Something like this would be a lot of work to machine:

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Yes, it would be difficult to make, but a factory replacement barrel in 6" would not be difficult or expensive to install. A prohibited gun doesn't even seem to fetch a third of the price of a restricted firearm, and with a price of about 500.00 for a good second hand gun there should be a little room for profit for a person so motivated. Not only that, but if a prohibited gun gets into the hands of the government, it's only future is to be destroyed.............and that's just a shame.
Mike
 
Definitely the easiest route to de-prohibiting a revolver is to install a longer factory barrel, provided that one can be found. Failing that, the original barrel could be bored out and a rifled sleeve of the correct length installed.

I'm sure that auto pistol barrels are much easier to make because they have shapes that are much simpler to machine. This is why there are 106mm barrels on the market for Glocks, SIGs, etc., but none for revolvers in the same length with a factory appearance. Aftermarket revolver barrels are typically of a fairly heavy, slab-sided appearance and intended for PPC guns and the like.
 
tjhaile said:
Aftermarket revolver barrels are typically of a fairly heavy, slab-sided appearance and intended for PPC guns and the like.
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I've been thinking about getting a Clark slab-side barrel and having it cut down to 106. The Smith Performance Centre has a 686 model like that and it looks very cool.
 
Has anyone here had a semi auto prohib rebarreled to a restricted? Was there any difference in appearance as in extra barrel showing or function.What would be the cost involved if done by a qualified smith? Just wondering if it is worthwhile to have it done. I really like the pistol but can't seem to find the same one in a restricted.There is nothing rare about the gun that I am considering, it is a S&W 3900 series, but it seems that not many were made in a 106+ mm barrel.
 
Yes there is a price difference between used prohib and restricted revolvers. However, is the price enough to make up for the cost of rebarreling? In most cases I don't think it would be a significant money making scenario.
 
This is not a money making scenario for me.I just have been wanting this particular model in 9mm for quite a while. It seems that the only way that I will be able to finally acquire one is to have it rebarreled.I am not particularly fond of black guns, as excellent as some might be but I just prefer SS.
 
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