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AR15/10 Rifles
Custom Barrel Question
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<blockquote data-quote="wwbrown" data-source="post: 1219169" data-attributes="member: 31392"><p>Whenever I have done AR barrels I have always used barrel extensions that have the feed ramp already cut, did not ow you could but them any other way. Screech where did you buy your barrel extensions without the feed ramp and was there a sound reason to buy them that way.</p><p></p><p>Yes, contouring them is a pain eased a bit by the fact that the contours are usually straight. Yes a CNC could do them in minutes but sometimes we do things in a hobby setting that do not make sense from a time standpoint, sometimes the ability to say I did that myself is enough reward in itself.</p><p></p><p>I keep some Green Mountain uncontoured blanks on the shelf so I can experiment with different configurations AR's, the GM blanks are less than $100 and have pretty good accuracy. The reason some of us have a lathe is to be able to tinker and do one-offs and not as a business and the GM blanks align quite nicely with this type of hobby.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="wwbrown, post: 1219169, member: 31392"] Whenever I have done AR barrels I have always used barrel extensions that have the feed ramp already cut, did not ow you could but them any other way. Screech where did you buy your barrel extensions without the feed ramp and was there a sound reason to buy them that way. Yes, contouring them is a pain eased a bit by the fact that the contours are usually straight. Yes a CNC could do them in minutes but sometimes we do things in a hobby setting that do not make sense from a time standpoint, sometimes the ability to say I did that myself is enough reward in itself. I keep some Green Mountain uncontoured blanks on the shelf so I can experiment with different configurations AR's, the GM blanks are less than $100 and have pretty good accuracy. The reason some of us have a lathe is to be able to tinker and do one-offs and not as a business and the GM blanks align quite nicely with this type of hobby. [/QUOTE]
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