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Barrel Conversion

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:00 pm
by GARRETT
Your standard L96 barrel. Does not have the grooves to lock the hop up unit to the barrel. Also the groove for the bucking is in the opposite side.
[img width=400 height=300]http://www.x-fire.org/09hobbyshow/IMG_3597.JPG[/img]

After about 15 min with a drimel tool that has changed. Sorry about the photos. Taken with my cell.
Standard CA barrel on the right in blue. Cut L96 barrel on the left
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Added a little length to the overall look and feel of the gun.
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Compared to my M16
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Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:01 pm
by Bushmaster
Why not put on a silencer?

Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:07 pm
by GARRETT
Bushmaster wrote: Why not put on a silencer?
Gave it to Tzer, and had this laying around.

Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:09 pm
by IronChef
does it work???

Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:16 pm
by SteevoLS
Were you able to recreate the crowned edge on the L96 barrel? That's the most common hangup I've seen on home-cut barrels.

Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Mon Oct 26, 2009 9:20 pm
by GARRETT
IronChef wrote: does it work???
For sure man. Gave me some sick groupings, and actually a little more range.
SteevoLS wrote: Were you able to recreate the crowned edge on the L96 barrel? That's the most common hangup I've seen on home-cut barrels.
I didn't actually have to cut the barrel. Just put the grooves in for the hop up unit, and routed a new groove on the opposite side for the bucking.

Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Tue Oct 27, 2009 5:36 am
by Tzer1993
Oh Garrett I have a midget silencer with foam inserts that you can have you'll just have to do some ghetto rigging 8)

Re: Barrel Conversion

Posted: Fri Nov 13, 2009 6:28 pm
by Dominum
Nice work Garrett, looks like that turned out well!

Not sure how I missed this post awhile back ???