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Offline hubcap

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« on: January 10, 2004, 03:56:50 PM »
Does anyone know where to buy/make/steal  :oops: alternative barrel lugs for the pachmayr forends? If I had the proper machining tools and skills I think they'd be easy to make from 1/2" bar stock. I'd mill + drill 'em myself. I love the grips and forends, but I think the price they charge for the insert is rediculous. Thanks in advance for any help. :D
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« Reply #1 on: January 10, 2004, 04:23:47 PM »
Hi Hubcap,

Maybe I have been lucky, but the all the Pachmayr forearms I have ordered have come with the adaptor included. What has been your experience?

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« Reply #2 on: January 10, 2004, 04:34:01 PM »
Check Midsouth Shooters Supply.  $10.29 and their instock.

http://www.midsouthshooterssupply.com/department.asp?dept=%47%55%4E%20%43%41%52%45%20%26%20%41%43%43%2E&dept2=%47%52%49%50%53&dept3=%54%48%4F%4D%50%53%4F%4E%20%43%45%4E%54%45%52

I bought the adapters for each of my barrels to ease the barrel changing task.

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« Reply #3 on: January 10, 2004, 05:12:41 PM »
They show up on eBay regularly also.  Sometimes cheap, sometimes not.
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« Reply #4 on: January 10, 2004, 05:58:15 PM »
Making them yourself is just false economy, unless you simply enjoy the making them part.    Got better things to do with my time.   I buy mine by the bag from a friend who does make them (about $6 apiece), and all my barrels wear them even though I do have a bunch of Pachy grip/forend sets.   Only sells them to me in quantity because we're old friends though.
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« Reply #5 on: January 10, 2004, 06:19:58 PM »
What am I missing here guys? Why do you want a bunch of them if you don't have the forearms? Twenty years of T/C'ing and I am clue-less???? :shock: I must be dense?

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« Reply #6 on: January 10, 2004, 07:05:06 PM »
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What am I missing here guys? Why do you want a bunch of them if you don't have the forearms? Twenty years of T/C'ing and I am clue-less???? :shock: I must be dense?



Dear Dense,  :wink:  :lol:
Well, in my case anyway... with the style of custom bars I have it floats the Pachy off the barrel, so why I use them in the first place (instead of Pachmayr's junk bars).  Now I have a bunch of barrels - A BUNCH!   And I have quite a few complete Pachy sets as well, even extra forends, but not one for every barrel I own (or will own).  At the prices for the Pachy forends now days, I install and set (2 screws) my bars on each barrel and leave them there, then swap forends from barrel to barrel as needed - one screw instead of three and go shooting.   Works for me.
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« Reply #7 on: January 10, 2004, 09:56:12 PM »
hubcap,
For the 10" barrels, I have started cutting my hanger bars in half and drilled and tapped another hole in the remaining end. I recently purchased a barrel with a Pachmayr forend attached and found a short hanger bar underneath. I measured my other bar and found there was enough material for making two from one. The 14" hanger bars have 2 countersunk holes in them making them universal for 10" and 14". I guess someone at Pachmayr decided to cut cost by making a smaller one with less metal for the 10". When drilling the hole, a drill press with an indexing table is necessary for a precise hole. I believe the thread is 8x32 but double check.
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« Reply #8 on: January 12, 2004, 05:40:59 PM »
Thanks for the info Ladobe. I am afraid that I am one of those boneheads that just keeps switching lugs from barrel to barrel, especially when I get a new one and don't yet have a forearm for it :?  Having a lug for each barrel does make good sense economically. :wink: