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Offline gstewart44

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How long is the barrel?
« on: March 03, 2010, 03:39:13 PM »
I am getting ready to cut and crown one of my barrels to make a compact dense woods gun.   I would like the barrel to be a legal (rifle) length of 16.5 inches.   Do I measure from where the breechface breaks open or do I have to measure from where the rifling starts?.  Obviously the chamber length will vary from caliber to caliber.  Thanks for your collective wisdom.

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Re: How long is the barrel?
« Reply #1 on: March 03, 2010, 03:40:53 PM »
Breechface is where you start from.  DP
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Re: How long is the barrel?
« Reply #2 on: March 03, 2010, 04:00:48 PM »
  I make mine 16\34 long to be safe. dont push it.








  I make mine 16 \34 dont push it.as i love a short barrel. Jim










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Re: How long is the barrel?
« Reply #3 on: March 03, 2010, 05:53:35 PM »
I have heard that you stick a cleaning rod down the pipe with the action closed. Mark, pull and measure. Always leave extra in case you ding the muzzle and need to cut back.
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Re: How long is the barrel?
« Reply #4 on: March 04, 2010, 01:59:44 AM »
Thanks for the advice everyone.   I definately will leave the barrel a "little" long for that margin of error I may need on this first cutdown job.  I will post a pic when finished. 
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Re: How long is the barrel?
« Reply #5 on: March 04, 2010, 02:20:25 AM »
Quote from: wreckhog on March 03, 2010, 05:53:35 PM
I have heard that you stick a cleaning rod down the pipe with the action closed. Mark, pull and measure. Always leave extra in case you ding the muzzle and need to cut back.

This is the right way to do it.  It is the way responses from the ATF have detailed.
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