Making a barrel longer

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Droopyfur2

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For those who are in the know, would it be possible to make a barrel longer by adding a length ala flash suppressor threading 1/2 x 28 or some such method???
If the same twist were used and lined up propperly, seems possible..
Anyone ever done this or know someone who has???
Have specific reason in mind, but would like to get some input!!!
Thanks
DF2
 
No a flash suppressor is not rifled in fact the bore on it is slightly larger than the bore diameter of the barrel. But it will "make the barrel length longer . Many AR's have 11" barrels with 5" flash hiders permanantly attached to make them legal length carbines.
Trying to thread a chunk of barrel and get the rifleings to align would be possible but cost/labor prohibitive as well. It would be a lot cheaper to just get a longer barrel fitted, even if you had it done with interupted threads so the short barrel could interchange, but I think there would be some leagle prohibitions to that.
 
I just don't think it would be a smart thing all around. Plus it would probably be cheaper to just get a new barrel.
 
Some professional gunsmiths have a barrel "Stretcher" It's hydraulic and they slowly stretch the barrel out over a period of a month or two. It takes a while so as to keep the original bore the same diameter.

All kidding aside you can lengthen a barrel just as blinddog said, but adding another piece of rifled barrel and getting it lined up exactly would be a very expensive process, probably more than simply putting on a new barrel as cig beef said.
 
If it were a low pressure round like a 22RF or older centerfire, 38-55 or such a piece can be added and then reamed out and a rifled liner installed. Cost is the biggest problem. Our moto at work is "we do the difficult, the impossible just costs more".

AWS
 
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For those who are in the know, would it be possible to make a barrel longer by adding a length ala flash suppressor threading 1/2 x 28 or some such method???
If the same twist were used and lined up propperly, seems possible..
Anyone ever done this or know someone who has???
Have specific reason in mind, but would like to get some input!!!
Thanks
DF2



I think you can get them done at the same place you buy your pie stretchers and left handed monkey wrenches. LOL
 
There are ten pages of ads in the back of most hunting/fishing magazines promising a longer barrel /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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There are ten pages of ads in the back of most hunting/fishing magazines promising a longer barrel /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



I needed a good laugh! /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif Thanks
 
+1...good one!

Was sitting back waiting for the Viagra/Cyalis/Maxoderm jokes to surface...

Driving to the range in a Ferrari or Porsche may make your barrel appear larger, but its only an illusion...
 
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Some professional gunsmiths have a barrel "Stretcher" It's hydraulic and they slowly stretch the barrel out over a period of a month or two. It takes a while so as to keep the original bore the same diameter.



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Bob thats the same line we use on apprentice bricklayers cept we tell to go get the block stretcher /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif
 
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Have specific reason in mind, but would like to get some input!!!




Come on.
Tell us.
" Enquiring minds want to know "
Why?

PC
 
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Bob thats the same line we use on apprentice bricklayers cept we tell to go get the block stretcher /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif



Same with electricians, wire stretcher, pipe stretcher....box of Ohms. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/laugh.gif
 
All jokes aside. Seriously now... Droopy all you need to do is shoot that gun further than it was designed for and it should lengthen the barrel. Might cause it to drop down a caliber size or two though. My buddy did that with his SP10 ga turkey gun last spring and ended up with a SP410 sporting a 36 inch barrel. /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/shocked.gif
 
I guess since there are so many CLOWNS out ther wanting to add to their post counts with no real attempt to answer a legitimate question, maybe I should explain why and to what end the question was intended. THEN AGAIN MAYBE NOT /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/grin.gif
Blinddog, Thank you, you have the intent and solution to my question, now I need an answer as to real life experience. THAT IS WHAT I HAD IN MIND..I now have a 5" flash hider on a 16" AR barrel, so I know how and what they are for but thanks anyway for coming as close as you did with a solution.
Everyones concerns with what I do with my money on my weapons was really heart /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smiliesmack.gifwarming, But was that really part of the question /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif Untill I hear from a legitimate source or someone with experience as was requested, I'll not go into farther details... BAH! HUMMBUG!!
/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif FLAME AWAY /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/crazy.gif

DF2
 
I ran a gunsmith shop for a lot of years and what your asking is dooable, but also just plain silly. Getting a match from one rifled barrel to another is a job that most smiths would simply laugh you out of the shop for even suggesting.

Putting on a longer barrel is the answer you need to consider. The jokes are simply at your expense for being so uninformed on the realities of what you are suggesting. No flames intended.

If you don't believe me talk to some gunsmiths.
 
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For those who are in the know, would it be possible to make a barrel longer by adding a length ala flash suppressor threading 1/2 x 28 or some such method???
If the same twist were used and lined up propperly, seems possible..
Anyone ever done this or know someone who has???
Have specific reason in mind, but would like to get some input!!!
Thanks
DF2



Possible? /ubbthreads/images/graemlins/confused1.gif I've personally never heard of anyone trying this....

Depending how the blank/barrel was originally made, the flash suppressor threading may not be concentric to the bore, but may be concentric to the O.D. of the barrel itself. Thus, for the barrel extension to line up perfectly it would need to be "timed" with the use of shims or crush washers making for a uneven transition from the original rifled bore to the added extension.

My read is that the machining costs for the extension would drastically outweigh a simple barrel replacement.
 
Add the extra length you want w/a round blank. Then use a barrel liner drill and drill out the old barrel and the extra length together..Install a liner..It would be a tricky operation around the chamber, but it could be done.
However all this work would not be cost effective since new barrels are so cheap.
 


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