anchorman
Titanium
- Joined
- Dec 19, 2005
- Location
- Opelika, AL
Hi,
I am about to get a little project going, a bolt rifle in 7.62x39, and I need some advice. I am about to get an old bubba'd carcano and an sks barrel (un-ported for gas tube). I have never installed a barrel in a rifle before, and I was wondering about the threads so that I can plan ahead. I'm pretty sure the barrel will already be chambered, which Is why I am getting it (and it is cheap so good for first project). I am planning on just making a copy of the threads from the existing barrel on the new one, but was wondering about headspacing. how do you adjust it on these rifles? is it better to thread the barrel in a little deeper if it needs smaller headspace, or would you do something to the bolt itself? how tight of a fit do you want to make the threads and how do you know if it is screwed in tight enough?
before anyone gets to posting a bunch of "don't try this you will get killed" type of stuff, trust me, I am going to proceed with extreme caution. I have never done this but I have enough confidence in my skills that I think I can pull this off. and I am smart enough to operate this with a rope from far away one or two times too before I really trust it in front of my face.
any advice on installing a new barrel or links/books/etc that I should read are most welcome.
thanks,
jon
I am about to get a little project going, a bolt rifle in 7.62x39, and I need some advice. I am about to get an old bubba'd carcano and an sks barrel (un-ported for gas tube). I have never installed a barrel in a rifle before, and I was wondering about the threads so that I can plan ahead. I'm pretty sure the barrel will already be chambered, which Is why I am getting it (and it is cheap so good for first project). I am planning on just making a copy of the threads from the existing barrel on the new one, but was wondering about headspacing. how do you adjust it on these rifles? is it better to thread the barrel in a little deeper if it needs smaller headspace, or would you do something to the bolt itself? how tight of a fit do you want to make the threads and how do you know if it is screwed in tight enough?
before anyone gets to posting a bunch of "don't try this you will get killed" type of stuff, trust me, I am going to proceed with extreme caution. I have never done this but I have enough confidence in my skills that I think I can pull this off. and I am smart enough to operate this with a rope from far away one or two times too before I really trust it in front of my face.
any advice on installing a new barrel or links/books/etc that I should read are most welcome.
thanks,
jon