Put my R22 on a weight loss program.

[Wrong Way]

I love the gun....I love how the heavy barrel looks....but I HATED how front heavy the thing was!

Sent the barrel out to my machinist, and had him turn down the tube to 5/8", and thread the base to accept a 1" aluminum shroud. The net result is the look of the 1" barrel, but without the weight. The muzzle sits in a little pocket at the end of the shroud, so the overall pkg is 1/8" longer than stock, but the pocket ensures A: The muzzle of the barrel and hole in the shroud are touching (no sound reduction) and B: if the gun is dropped, the shroud won't bend and cover the muzzle.

Way better now!

shroud on

Shroud off

 

[adrock]

looks really good, nice job

 

[KDX]

That's pretty cool. What was the cost and how much weight was reduced?

 

[Canuck223]

I'm thinking about a new 11 inch barrel.

 

[Wrong Way]

The cost? Dunno....he's a friend.
It saved quite a bit of weight, not sure but I'd say a couple of LBS.

I'm thinking about a new 11 inch barrel.

Can we do that?

 

[Canuck223]

The cost? Dunno....he's a friend.
It saved quite a bit of weight, not sure but I'd say a couple of LBS.






Can we do that?

We are still looking at the details, but it should be OK.

 

[golgo13]

Another route you can take is by putting a Ruger 10/22 carbon fibre barrel on the R22. This gives it the bull barrel look and makes it really light.
I have seen this done to one gun and it looked fantastic.
The barrel was installed by a gunsmith, but I do not think that it needed any altering.

 

[Wrong Way]

That would be a hell of a trick, being as the barrels arent even CLOSE to being the same. The R22 uses a threaded barrel, the 10/22 has a couple of hex screws holding an attachment block.

I think someone was feeding you a line of BS.

Ryan

 

[Canuck223]

Another route you can take is by putting a Ruger 10/22 carbon fibre barrel on the R22. This gives it the bull barrel look and makes it really light.
I have seen this done to one gun and it looked fantastic.
The barrel was installed by a gunsmith, but I do not think that it needed any altering.

The R22 uses a 1x16 threaded barrel, secured with a Savage style lock nut. Ruger 10/22 barrels use a tapered cone fit, with the max diameter of the bull barrels being .920.

Unless you make up a threaded bushing, I can't see the Ruger barrel working.

 

[Mr AR15]

The real big question of cousre is to see how accuracy was impacted after the barrel lost that much weight. Mine shoots 1/2" at 50yds with Eley Target on sand bags with a 24x scope and I would sure hate to loose that.

 

[Wrong Way]

No noticeble change. The gun shot cloverleafs at 50 before, and still makes cloverleafs now. Truly speaking, 1" (a true 1") is overkill for a rimfire. It actually shoots a little better now than it did before! I attribute this to the re-crown and less barrel droop.

Ryan

 

[22lr]

The real big question of cousre is to see how accuracy was impacted after the barrel lost that much weight. Mine shoots 1/2" at 50yds with Eley Target on sand bags with a 24x scope and I would sure hate to loose that.

with red dot I see on the picture, 1/2" groups @ 50 yards are out of the question - red dot itself projects about 3" across.

 

[Wrong Way]

Good point. Accuracy became secondary after I decided to go "mall ninja" with it

It's just a plinker now.....I keep the buckmark for the "serious" work.

Ryan

 

[golgo13]

Canuck223 you are right.
The barrel is threaded on the end with a cover piece that has a cut out for the 10/22. This was replaced with a new one that was threaded to match the R 22.
My memory is just playing tricks on me. The thing that did not have to be altered was the from port on the carbon fibre barrel which they were afraid was going to aim down once the barrel was installed.
I am not sure if the gunsmith had to turn down the barrel at all to get it to fit, but it was installed and it does work.
Any gunsmith can tell you that anything can be done as long as they have the proper tools, time and you have a lot of money.

 

[Ardent]

Nicely done, I actually think it looks better without the shroud...