Shotgun Barrel Idea

I’ve had an absolutely genius (or idiotic) idea.

Chop a non-ribbed shotgun barrel to just before minimal legal length, thread the outside diameter muzzle end of it for XXXX thread mount a bead/whatever just past the threads, then thread the chopped piece’s inside diameter (end opposite bead) for the same XXXX thread; screw em together, lap or hone the seam until it’s perfectly seamless- no transition.

Waa lah. You now have an “extenda-barrel” scattergun. No need to “swap barrels”... just unscrew the muzzle end thread cover, screw the extra length of barrel off or on, and your good to go.


Outside of having to keep track of the extra barrel length, how well would this actually work in real life ?

For the heck of it... why else ? I’m sure given enough time, someone else or myself could think up a very good reason.

Either way... will it work ?

I’m not wanting *that*. I’m wanting something like a factory 26”, chopped down to ~18.5”, with the muzzle threaded and bead installed ~1/2” behind the threads, the other 8” piece threaded opposite the bead, and the ability to screw em together to wind up with a ~24” barrel at will.

The only issue I see is having a rock solid way to clock the barrels, every time. Either threads bottoming out on a shoulder, or scribed tick marks and a spacer on the external.

PapaG said:

By the way, you come up with some of the most unique questions on the forum.

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What can I say ? I have lots of free time at work...