Author Topic: Fore arm?? (Read 374 times)

bigchast1 · « **on:** January 02, 2004, 02:19:05 PM »

I am getting a 14" 223 barrel. It started out as a carbine barrel that was cut down, with an 11 degree target crown? Not sure but, OK.

My questions are; is it a tapered barrel, I assume so. Can I use a 14" fore arm, or do I need to buy a carbine one and cut some off? Therer are 2 on the E-bay a #7616 for a 16 1/4" barrel and a #7614 for a 14" barrel. Is this what I need???

Thanks bigchast

Robert · « **Reply #1 on:** January 02, 2004, 02:53:33 PM »

I forget if it is the back screw or the front. One of the screws will fit. You can drill the forend for the other screw, or if you don't want the extra hole in your nice forend, you can counter-sink it slightly from the inside to fit the other screw lug on the barrel, but you will only have one screw holding it. I have done it before and it works in a pinch.

doc-and · « **Reply #2 on:** January 02, 2004, 03:40:59 PM »

Depends on when the barrel was manufactured. Early carbine barrels had only one screw holding the forend in place. Not sure when they switched over to the two screws for the forend.

doc-and

Graycg · « **Reply #3 on:** January 02, 2004, 04:48:24 PM »

If your barrel hads 2 forend screws then you will need the one for the 16 &21 inch barrel because the forend screws are spaced for the rifle forend. Those forends are tapered to match the barrel that you have. I still have no friggin idea why they used different forend spacing, I have a bull barrelled custom shop barrel that has carbine spaced screws, but it is a bull barrel and the forends for carbines are all for tapered barrels...the bulls don't fit. I need to find a carbine spaced forend with the channel cut for a bull barrel.

ugh!

Graybeard · « **Reply #4 on:** January 03, 2004, 04:31:08 AM »

My first 7-30 barrel was done this way. Cut down from a 21" rifle barrel to a 14" handgun length. I mostly just used a Pachmayr forend on it and the adapter fit perfectly and so did the fore end. Seems I recall I was able to use standard 14" fore arms on it also with one of the screws but the Pachmayr is what it wore almost all the time.

GB