Swiss Arms in pictures - for newbies who want to look under the hood

[Airborn_69]

Stupid question and is just to know if it could be done..

Has anyone chopped down their Black or Green special to 18.5'' w/ an AR style flashhider??

 

[F22_RaptoR]

I think that it would be difficult to do. The Sig flash hiders are machined into the barrel, so you would need to take the barrel out of the receiver in order to mill it down, then thread it.

You dont take swiss arms barrels out like an AR15, they are threaded and torqued into the receiver trunnion block, so you need special supports to unthread, then re-thread the barrel.


The Swiss arms flash suppressor is very effective as-is, so I dont think its a very popular idea too put another one on it.

 

[Caboose]

Stupid question and is just to know if it could be done..

Has anyone chopped down their Black or Green special to 18.5'' w/ an AR style flashhider??

Don't mess with perfection...

 

[cjs]

Thanks to you UW. I think it looks great too.

Looks very nice.

 

[Deckard]

I heard the Swiss rifle was adapted from the Beretta.

 

[greentips]

Beretta and SIG worked together at some point - Beretta ended up with AR70 and SIG got the 540.

 

[greentips]

Stupid question and is just to know if it could be done..

Has anyone chopped down their Black or Green special to 18.5'' w/ an AR style flashhider??

THe swiss arm has a 21" barrel, including the flashsuppressor with is about 1 3/4" IIRC. You have less than 1" of barrel that can be chopped.

 

[7.65 Para]

I think that it would be difficult to do. The Sig flash hiders are machined into the barrel, so you would need to take the barrel out of the receiver in order to mill it down, then thread it.

You dont take swiss arms barrels out like an AR15, they are threaded and torqued into the receiver trunnion block, so you need special supports to unthread, then re-thread the barrel.


The Swiss arms flash suppressor is very effective as-is, so I dont think its a very popular idea too put another one on it.

Not only that, but the Swiss Arms barrels have a gas-nitrated coating on them. If you machine them or cut them down you will be compromising the coating.

I have a friend in Germnay that wanted to install a muzzlebreak on his, but eneded up having to look to swiss arms to find a barrel that was already threaded.

 

[greentips]

Not only that, but the Swiss Arms barrels have a gas-nitrated coating on them. If you machine them or cut them down you will be compromising the coating.

I have a friend in Germnay that wanted to install a muzzlebreak on his, but eneded up having to look to swiss arms to find a barrel that was already threaded.

That is not a coating - nitrocarburing is a surface conversation process.

 

[Airborn_69]

Don't mess with perfection...

Hey hey Thanks for the answers & makes a lot of sense...

I guess the Swiss made it a 100% proprietary item, I don't blame at all & found their a bit advance in comaprison to others in firearms technology, not bad for a neutral country is what I have to say.

 

[Steve Janes]

A forged or machined aluminum receiver is not stronger than the stamped & hardened (and reinforced with steel forgings of its own) steel receiver of the Swiss Arms. Why do you think they used steel in the first place?
You're on crack.

indeed