custom pistol forend?

[colonelsanders]

I recently bought a 460 S&W 15 inch ss barrel and dies for cheap!!  I am going to weld on a barrel extension to make it 16 1/2 so I can use a buttstock.  I dont have a pistol forend and like the look of the rifle forend on the barrel.  So im asking who makes a long rifle length forend for a pistol barrel screw spacing?
Colonelsanders

[Curtis]

Wow, seems complicated and expensive to me ........welded extension, longer forend to fit pistol barrel, etc.....  If it were me I'd sell the 15" and use the $$ towards a 16" or longer 460 and use a standard forend.  Maybe I just have too many projects already.  But sorry, I don't know the answer to your question.

Curtis

P.S.  Oh, congrats on your great deal!

[Ladobe]

Easiest answer is to simply modify the rifle forend you already have to the pistol spacing by filling and drill holes as needed.   You can buy a custom forend hanger bar for as little as $12 to fit that pistol spacing and maybe just use one existing hole in the rifle forend to mount it, but you would also have to route out the barrel channel for the bar, and maybe have to drill a new hole in the rifle stock to mount it to the bar.   That won't look any worse than a welded on barrel extension IMO.   Any of the custom TC stock makers could build you whatever you want.   Their cost will probably offset any savings on the barrel, and many of these stock makers are backlogged with fairly long delivery dates.   

[stubshaft]

FWIW - I think the easiest fix would be to drill and tap an extra hole, then get a 3 screw hanger bar.  The problem I have had with heavy kicking calibers in a pistol is that they shear off the screws.  When I built a 50 AK I went to the 3 screw hanger and haven't had a problem with it at all.