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I've got one of their sliding buttstocks and their integral grip/trigger guard thang on one of my possessions. Looks good but I cut the barrel to just over 12½ inches, then pinned & welded a four-inch muzzle device to it. Never fired it before the gunsmith's work, so I never knew how accurate it might have been. The thing shot really tight five- to six-inch groups at 100 yards after the device was added, so I went with the free-float handguard tube in an effort to take any pressure off the barrel when the wheppin was setting in the bags. Didn't help. It's so hopelessly inaccurate, I don't even bother to shoot it. Lots of time and money spent for no joy. I'm so happy I could just shiitake...Daniel Defense makes some really solid stuff.
I reload every .223 round I shoot, so finding the sweet spot could be almost as challenging as climbing Mt. Everest.Sounds like a candidate for several types of ammo to find a sweet spot.
I've got one of their sliding buttstocks and their integral grip/trigger guard thang on one of my possessions. Looks good but I cut the barrel to just over 12½ inches, then pinned & welded a four-inch muzzle device to it. Never fired it before the gunsmith's work, so I never knew how accurate it might have been. The thing shot really tight five- to six-inch groups at 100 yards after the device was added, so I went with the free-float handguard tube in an effort to take any pressure off the barrel when the wheppin was setting in the bags. Didn't help. It's so hopelessly inaccurate, I don't even bother to shoot it. Lots of time and money spent for no joy. I'm so happy I could just shiitake...
In case anybody is interested, that flip-up front sight is a YHM-9394; about eighty bucks...
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No idea. I may have asked that question when I took it back to the gunsmith well over a year ago (maybe two). Don't remember if I asked, or what he said if I did ask. That muzzle device is so long, it's impossible to look down it and not get the flashlight in my face or suffer some other impediment to looking down the device to see the muzzle. I'm thinking the gunsmith just sliced-off the barrel and went forward with the pin & weld operation. It would be illegal for me to have the device removed and to then go out and shoot it with the short barrel to test for accuracy. I wondered if I had just fooled into a bad barrel, and there was nothing I can do about it short of getting a new barrel and having the device installed onto that one.Barrel crowned correctly?
I think the barrel gets cut, then threaded to accept the device. The device is put on with the crush washer, the slots indexed per customer request and a hole is drill in the threaded portion; hole is not to be so deep that it gets into the bore proper. Then a spot of weld is laid atop the hole to keep the pin in place. The barrel is re-Parkerized and if it's a really good job, both you and the ATF will see a little dimple where the welding is. I've looked down the barrel from the breech; I see nothing untoward in there. I have no idea why it's so horrifically inaccurate...So, the standard Smithing procedure for shortening a barrel is to part it off in a lathe. Then, if the device fits the newly cut barrel flush, then weld and pin!
Very little welding is required. Just a small bead to cover the steel pin that gets dropped into the hole where the threaded portion of the barrel is located. I would guess an arc welder was used, but the time under the arc would be so short because the amount of bead laid-down is so minuscule. Just a spot to cover the hole, which is maybe 3/32" in diameter.Improper heating during the welding could warp a barrel . . . using a M.I.G. instead of T.I.G. or worse, gas or even arc!
Is that barrel long enough to keep ATF from lookin' too closely? Looks dam-ned short!Retro Colt 607 C.A.R. 16 Commando retro build!
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