cutting a lump of me barrel!

[richmcgin 32]

I own up to being lazy and for the past couple of years i have not been taking the mod off my sako 223 after use. the tread is now very corroded but usable and i can only imagine what the inside of the barrl is like. with all that said it still shoots great groups.

I was thinking of having a couple of inches whipped off the pointed end and re-threaded. so my question is what would you guys do, i know it still shoots well but i also know the tread is in bad shape and the barrel is proberly pitted.???

the barrel lenght is 22" with a 1:12 twist.

[tegater 789]

Whatever you do with the rifle rich, buy yourself a rifle bag, that will only fit the rifle without the suppressor. That's what I do and it forces you to take it off. Then keep the thread lubed up with copper grease, or lithium grease.

[richmcgin 32]

hey mate thats a good idea iam going to buy one tonight. cheers for that

[zx10mike 137]

you may loose 100 fps but i took 4" of my 26" barrel and accuracy was better or at least the same.would be a shame to spend money the if your going to need a re barrel in the near future.

[paulus 26]

i read an article once on barrel shortening, some bloke took a 243 and fired a round and mesaured the fps he then proceded to do the same after cutting 1 inch increments off the barrel, his results showed completly different to what was expected in asmuch as untill he got to below 14inch the fps either remained the same or increased, accuracy was not measured as that would be down to the twist rate.

[T PEE SPORTS 5]

Whatever you do with the rifle rich, buy yourself a rifle bag, that will only fit the rifle without the suppressor. That's what I do and it forces you to take it off. Then keep the thread lubed up with copper grease, or lithium grease.

great tip

[The Duncan 802]

i read an article once on barrel shortening, some bloke took a 243 and fired a round and mesaured the fps he then proceded to do the same after cutting 1 inch increments off the barrel, his results showed completly different to what was expected in asmuch as untill he got to below 14inch the fps either remained the same or increased, accuracy was not measured as that would be down to the twist rate.

hence Weihrauch do 14" barrels as a standard and have appropriate twist rates

[richmcgin 32]

you may loose 100 fps but i took 4" of my 26" barrel and accuracy was better or at least the same.would be a shame to spend money the if your going to need a re barrel in the near future.

yes i see what you mean and re-barreling is a possibility i have been looking a border barrels and trying to justify it to myself, if i cant convince myself i will never convince the wife!!, I read an article last night about a guy that had the same rifle as me, he started with it from new with a 22" barrel then he took it down in stages testing group size and velocity all the way down to 10", his results seemed to me to be a wee bit odd as he didnt lose much muzzle velocity or group size. i think he just F**ked up a 1800 quid rifle!!, it looks real odd in the pics as the barrel gets shorter and shorter. you got to bear in mind that the bullet would not have managed one rotation before it left the gun and the amount of pressure that must have been lost would have seriously messed with his velocities. only in america.