Gunsmiths: freaky question re: Ruger Single Six/10-22 rifle :)

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Jim March

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Can an aftermarket carbon fiber .22 barrel for a 10-22 be chopped down and screwed into a Single Six?

:D

Seriously.

How do we mount the front of the ejector rod? Can you drill and tap carbon fiber?

Does Ruger use the same basic thread at the frame/reciever, so it's just a "chop and carve job", or are we talkin' custom threads? (Which might not be possible if the steel barrel core is too narrow to thread into the frame once tapped...)

Is this psycho, or doable? Combine with an aluminum grip frame, betcha you can get a REAL light little wheelgun :).
 
I do know this

Carbon fiber is not supposed to be carved on, or altered in any way. It's supposed to be very dangerous, for health reasons, IIRC. Special machine procedures and manufacturing methods are used when working with it.

I do like your creative imagination.:)
Are you familiar with the Cheetah pistol that www.volquartsen.com manufacures? Essentially, a chopped down 10/22 by the appearance.
 
No,

10/22 barrels kinda fit like a dovetail then two screws into a block to secure it. The Single six is a threaded barrel.
 
How bout....
Turn a revolver barrel down to nearly zilch thickness ahead of the frame and then re-stiffen it with the fiber and plastic of your choice and mould in the ejector rod thingy and sight base ?

Lose a little weight
Gain a lot of ugly.

Sam
 
Jim, I don`t think you can drill and tap carbon fiber but you could drill a hole to a fairly tight tolerance and press some type of nut into the hole with an adhesive to bond the nut in for the front of the ejector rod housing.

Victor,with proper equipment and dust control carbon fiber is no more dangerous to work with then many other materials .People in the aerospace industry drill and machine carbon fiber every day.I`ve been working around it for 20 years and look at me,I`m ok....twitch,slobber. ;)
 
To quote the MSDS:
Dust and vapor are mild to moderate pulmonary irritants.Long term breathing of dust from machining the material can damage the lungs.The uncured material may act as a sensitizer.Repeated exposure to dust,or the vapors from heated uncured resin,where there is poor ventilation,may cause asthmatic sensitization in some people.

See,`taint bad at all.

In practice,people that are aware of the hazards and take the proper precautions can work with it day in and day out for decades with no ill effects.A dust mask,gloves and safety glasses are uniform of the day.

A project like Jim has proposed would produce a tiny amount of dust.
 
Jim

The shortest carbon barrels come in 16.5." The actual part that is inserted into the chamber is steel, and can be threaded as desired; the cut for the v-block may have to be filled.

It isn't practical to chop a carbon fiber barrel, because the rifling is in a steel insert, typically stiffened and tensioned by the carbon fiber sleeve. If you cut off the muzzle end, no more tension. You could try it out with a sporter barrel from a 10/22, I've got one in stainless steel that's yours for the shipping (or come get it).

Regards.
 
Ledbetter: ahh, I see, you need steel at BOTH ends. Damn. So OK, we're talking a whole new part versus a chopped-down rifle barrel.

Fine. Picture it, guys. Start with a stainless Single Six frame, add an aluminum grip frame polished so there's no black coat, mostly matches the stainless frame, carbon fiber 5.5" barrel, carbon fiber grip panels, relocated rear sight in a Freedom Arms-ish fashion further up the topstrap, and adjustable Tritium sights :D. And a good accuracy job. Turn down the cylinders a 16th and coat with a carbon fiber layer that also fills in the flutes.

Jewel the hammer and trigger and damn...what a cool gun!

To really go nuts, have that eight-shot conversion done with a custom cylinder and timing.

Major :cool: factor!
 
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