On an H&R can you remove a 26 inch barrel and install a 18.5 inch barrel?
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mbogo
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A single-shot for home defense?
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Fitting a short barrel to a single-shot might run into unnecessary expense if the lock-up didn't turn out right on the other barrel.
The simplest and cheapest thing to do is cut off the 26" barrel and dress the saw cut with a fine file. If you want to re-set the bead sight, do it before cutting the barrel off.
It is much easier to mark the center line before you cut the barrel off.
If you are not tool friendly, any gunsmith could do it for a small fee.
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The simplest and cheapest thing to do is cut off the 26" barrel and dress the saw cut with a fine file. If you want to re-set the bead sight, do it before cutting the barrel off.
It is much easier to mark the center line before you cut the barrel off.
If you are not tool friendly, any gunsmith could do it for a small fee.
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Bud Tugly
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Years ago I cut a 28" H&R down to 20" with a hacksaw. Piece of cake and it worked fine, except for the lack of a front bead.
H&R makes pumps as well
You can actually buy a barrel from H&R
http://www.hr1871.com/Support/accessoryProgram.asp
Don't see an option to buy an 18.5" though, would be best to contact them directly if you don't want to deal with cutting one down and putting a new bead on
You can actually buy a barrel from H&R
http://www.hr1871.com/Support/accessoryProgram.asp
Don't see an option to buy an 18.5" though, would be best to contact them directly if you don't want to deal with cutting one down and putting a new bead on
That's what I thought, I own a single shotgun shotgun too but anything that goes bump in the night will find me with a .32 revolver.
Reloading a single-shot usually requires you to take your eye off the target(s).
If I practiced daily I could get it down but I have better weapons I spend my time training on.
Burt Blade
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In addition to minimum permissible barrel length, there is minimum permissible overall length. Check local, state, and federal rules.
That whole Ruby Ridge fiasco was over a 1/2" too-short weapon, not barrel, and an unpaid $5 AOW tax.
This gives a whole new emphasis to the maxim "Measure twice. Cut once."
That whole Ruby Ridge fiasco was over a 1/2" too-short weapon, not barrel, and an unpaid $5 AOW tax.
This gives a whole new emphasis to the maxim "Measure twice. Cut once."
nalioth
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Just because you wouldn't do it doesn't make it an invalid choice for home defense.mbogo said:
Sounds like a deficiency in practice to me. You need to get to the range morePyro said:
FLNT4EVR
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Go to the GRAY BEARD OUTDOORS website .click on the forums and scroll down to the H&R section.You will find plenty of info about making H&R 's into shorties, both rifles and shotguns. Ther is also a classified section that almost always has barrels for sale,and in the FAQ's you will find everything you will ever need to know about fitting barrels to the Handi guns.
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