Hi, guys I have been toying with the idea of getting one of my 94s converted to a takedown.
Reason being easier to clean, easy to transport and the possibility of having more than one barrel to suit an action, so that I can add another cartridge or two without having to buy entire actions and get police approval over and over again.
Anyway, I don't think we need talk about the reason for wanting a takedown I just do.
I have a barrels in 25-35, 30-30 and 38-55.
I am thinking of getting a barrel, forearm tube set made up for each and having them fitted to the same action.
The smith would need to make up a plate, thread the magazine tube, fit a takedown style magazine plug and interrupt the threads so that a 1/4 turn engages them.
The real question I have is do you think they could be indexed without needing to cutting a bit of the barrel and rechambering? The smith says he need to see an measure it all up!
From anyone's experience is a re-cutting of the chamber usually necessary for this sort of thing?
I ask because the local guy only has a 30-30 reamer and not the other two, the nearest guy who has all 3 is 1500 miles away, and it would be nice to use a local for a change.
I keep reading of reference to an NRA published a gunsmith's guide where they detail the conversion and don't use interrupted threads. If I order the book today its going to take a month to get it down under.
Does anyone know the details of the NRA conversion?
Thanks
Reason being easier to clean, easy to transport and the possibility of having more than one barrel to suit an action, so that I can add another cartridge or two without having to buy entire actions and get police approval over and over again.
Anyway, I don't think we need talk about the reason for wanting a takedown I just do.
I have a barrels in 25-35, 30-30 and 38-55.
I am thinking of getting a barrel, forearm tube set made up for each and having them fitted to the same action.
The smith would need to make up a plate, thread the magazine tube, fit a takedown style magazine plug and interrupt the threads so that a 1/4 turn engages them.
The real question I have is do you think they could be indexed without needing to cutting a bit of the barrel and rechambering? The smith says he need to see an measure it all up!
From anyone's experience is a re-cutting of the chamber usually necessary for this sort of thing?
I ask because the local guy only has a 30-30 reamer and not the other two, the nearest guy who has all 3 is 1500 miles away, and it would be nice to use a local for a change.
I keep reading of reference to an NRA published a gunsmith's guide where they detail the conversion and don't use interrupted threads. If I order the book today its going to take a month to get it down under.
Does anyone know the details of the NRA conversion?
Thanks
