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Offline maggot

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anybody made a 10/22 barrel?
« on: December 28, 2004, 06:48:38 AM »
I know there to cheep to buy, so why make. But I got a fast twist blank
for free that i could use, and dont want to spend $140 to buy one made.
I know i need to buy a reamer but i think i have the right dovetail cutter.
What do you think?
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anybody made a 10/22 barrel?
« Reply #1 on: December 28, 2004, 07:11:50 AM »
If you've the machines it shouldn't be too hard..  and you can probably hold better tolerances and produce a better finish than would a factory.. You will need a Benz reamer ($35-65 at Brownells) and a lathe and mill.. or the Palmgren vice for the lathe.. as well as the right dovetail cutter.
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anybody made a 10/22 barrel?
« Reply #2 on: December 28, 2004, 07:58:10 AM »
gunnut, do you think headspace guages are neccesary?
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« Reply #3 on: December 29, 2004, 11:03:49 AM »
The 10-22 uses the casehead recess in the bolt face to set headspace.  A depth mike will work just fine.  Your are sure the fast twist barrel is for the 22 rimfire? Centerfire 22 barrels are built for 224 diameter bullets, 22 rimfires use bullets of 222 diameter and so barrels are a bit smaller.  The fast twist 22 barrels are mostly for the heavy bullet rounds made by Aquila.  The 22 short barrels are slower twist as the short's bullet is shorter.  Rimdfires can be used in overly large bores but best accuracy will likely not be the result..
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« Reply #4 on: December 29, 2004, 11:35:33 AM »
I will be shooting the aguila
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« Reply #5 on: December 31, 2004, 07:43:48 AM »
I have made several 10/22 barrels, pretty easy if you have machine tools. You need a 45* dovetail cutter, an endmill and a woodruff key cutter or slotting saw of some kind to make the extractor cut (Dremel if you are good!). The extractor slot is not perpendicular to the bottom dovetail slot, it is 10* CW (looking at the breech end) and .100-.125 wide, I used a 1/8" woodruff cutter.
You don't have to put the forward angle on the bottom slot, you can leave the front of the slot square from the endmill and just put the dovetail on the back for the locking block. The angle makes it a little easier to put the lock block in with the screws in it, if you leave the front of the slot square you have to position the lock block then insert the screws, no big deal.
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