Cut down m14 barrel

[ewlyon]

Hi all,
So today at the Wheaton gun show I saw a box on random gun parts and mags for a dollar a piece and I picked up a part out of curiosity that I was hoping to find a use for.
It looks like an M14 barrel that someone cut down to about 8.5" overall. The chamber and throat area look fine, rifling is sharp, and the muzzle has been re-crowned and looks well done. It was originally a Winchester barrel.

Is there any thing that I can do with this barrel besides using it as a paperweight or a practice piece for gunsmithing?

BTW I know that this barrel is no longer usable on a rifle due to the length but I figured the Rifle forum would be the best place to put it given its origin.

 

[Jackal]

Weld it to a base and make a lamp.

 

[ewlyon]

I was hoping there would be something functional and gun related I could use it for.

 

[adcoch1]

Build a single shot pistol out of it. Or the lamp idea. Or build a mock m14 receiver and assemble "the m14 the military should have built". Just a thought.

 

[ewlyon]

I've thought about the single shot pistol idea. I figured with some real light cast bullet loads it would be interesting to shoot. I will have to try and figure out some kinda of design that would allow me to screw the barrel into the receiver of a break action or something so that I don't have to modify the barrel too much.

 

[adcoch1]

Pretty much what I thought. Maybe a flare gun barrel liner?

 

[No4Mk1*]

I like the previous owner's idea best: Sell it for $1.
I would not use it as I fear it may be the result of a ruptured barrel / overpressure which was "salvaged".

 

[JWH321]

On my computer, it looks like some sort of strange threading on the end and/or it has no adaptor. Still kinda neat.