I've got this nugget of a 10/22 that I'd like to be light and "pointy"
It had the bones of a fairly light rifle but the barrel was awful. It had an 18 inch carbon fibre bull barrel that looked cool but kinda sucked.
I had an 18 inch factory 10/22 barrel lying in the parts bin that I got for free. It had no sights and a little bit of rust all over. I thought I'd see if I could turn it into a pencil barrel. As your about to see I ain't no machinist. Just a guy who probably shouldn't have access to a machine.
My dad has this cute little mill in his office. I'm pretty sure it's about worn out but it still kinda works. I've been wanting to learn how to use it. More realistically I've been wanting to mess with it. Figured this was a good place to start.
I cut the barrel down to about 16 - 1/4 inches. Not today fed boi!!! It still made me feel like the atf was about to ruby ridge my dogs...
Then i stuck it in the lathe and proceeded to turn down the original taper. This lathe really isn't big enough for jobs like this but I was able to make it work for the most part. What a turd huh? Love it!
Its ugly but I feel like I accomplished my goal and learned a bit about the mill/lathe. I'd like to learn how to do better work with it.
Really curious to see if I ruined this barrel. It wasn't exactly accurate to begin with. Kicking around the idea of buying a tool to put a crown on it.
The finished project.
It had the bones of a fairly light rifle but the barrel was awful. It had an 18 inch carbon fibre bull barrel that looked cool but kinda sucked.
I had an 18 inch factory 10/22 barrel lying in the parts bin that I got for free. It had no sights and a little bit of rust all over. I thought I'd see if I could turn it into a pencil barrel. As your about to see I ain't no machinist. Just a guy who probably shouldn't have access to a machine.
My dad has this cute little mill in his office. I'm pretty sure it's about worn out but it still kinda works. I've been wanting to learn how to use it. More realistically I've been wanting to mess with it. Figured this was a good place to start.
I cut the barrel down to about 16 - 1/4 inches. Not today fed boi!!! It still made me feel like the atf was about to ruby ridge my dogs...
Then i stuck it in the lathe and proceeded to turn down the original taper. This lathe really isn't big enough for jobs like this but I was able to make it work for the most part. What a turd huh? Love it!
Its ugly but I feel like I accomplished my goal and learned a bit about the mill/lathe. I'd like to learn how to do better work with it.
Really curious to see if I ruined this barrel. It wasn't exactly accurate to begin with. Kicking around the idea of buying a tool to put a crown on it.
The finished project.