Hand_Rifle_Guy
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I got it just for the halibut, and because it's a (You guessed it!) Hand Rifle by definition.
So:
Question the first.
When set-up in my 1911, with 230 grn FMJ's, the darn thing shoots three FEET left of where the fixed sights look at 40 yds. The regular barrel does not suffer from this. Anybody got any ready explanations as to why this might be so? Or do I just have one of "those" barrels? The darn thing shoots like a friggin' Liberal! Mind you, it's plenty accurate, but it's kind of annoying to aim by lining up one side of the rear sight with the OPPOSITE side of the front sight. A tricky business, let me tell you. Could it be a factor of barrel time in the longer tube, combining with torque, to drag the gun someplace odd before the bullet leaves? Changing my grip from a normal grip to a crush grip didn't make much difference, so I'm open to suggestions at this point.
Worst to worst, I can always build a jig and bend the barrel a bit. It works for every rifle barrel made, after all. I have a backround in cold-forming tubing from my machine shop days, so I could do that, And there's 11 spare inches of barrel floating out there to play with, and heck, the darn thing only cost $55, so if I screw it up, it's not the end of the world.
Question the second.
When I asked this question on another forum, one person thought it was illegal to put a long barrel on a pistol, as that made it an un-registered short rifle! I personally don't agree with this, as I thought that that law refered to putting a shoulder stock on a pistol. Short barrels on rifles are a no-no, but I thought you could always run whatever length barrel you wanted. It's certainly not amy MORE concealable with that 16" barrel mounted on it! And I was hoping to eventually track down a stock-mounting mainspring housing, so I could make a carbine out of it, but the korny Kaliforny pistolgrip ban probably has made that illegal, just like Mech-Tech carbine kits. (However, maybe since the stock grows off the bottom of the grip, it would be like a pistol-grip style wooden rifle stock. Nah, they outlawed thumbholes too. Rats.)
This set-up is strictly for fun, so I don't want run afoul of the BATF just because I want my 1911 to do nine different things, and it IS only $55. Should I stash the barrel away in my junk box, and only get it out in the privacy of my own room like some perverted artwork? I'd rather not, as this is a real head-turner at the range, and turning heads at the range with my odd guns is on of my favorite things.
But going to jail is one of LEAST favorite things in all the world. Opinions? Don't worry, I won't consider it legal advice, I just want some reassurance that I've got the right opinion going.
So:
Question the first.
When set-up in my 1911, with 230 grn FMJ's, the darn thing shoots three FEET left of where the fixed sights look at 40 yds. The regular barrel does not suffer from this. Anybody got any ready explanations as to why this might be so? Or do I just have one of "those" barrels? The darn thing shoots like a friggin' Liberal! Mind you, it's plenty accurate, but it's kind of annoying to aim by lining up one side of the rear sight with the OPPOSITE side of the front sight. A tricky business, let me tell you. Could it be a factor of barrel time in the longer tube, combining with torque, to drag the gun someplace odd before the bullet leaves? Changing my grip from a normal grip to a crush grip didn't make much difference, so I'm open to suggestions at this point.
Worst to worst, I can always build a jig and bend the barrel a bit. It works for every rifle barrel made, after all. I have a backround in cold-forming tubing from my machine shop days, so I could do that, And there's 11 spare inches of barrel floating out there to play with, and heck, the darn thing only cost $55, so if I screw it up, it's not the end of the world.
Question the second.
When I asked this question on another forum, one person thought it was illegal to put a long barrel on a pistol, as that made it an un-registered short rifle! I personally don't agree with this, as I thought that that law refered to putting a shoulder stock on a pistol. Short barrels on rifles are a no-no, but I thought you could always run whatever length barrel you wanted. It's certainly not amy MORE concealable with that 16" barrel mounted on it! And I was hoping to eventually track down a stock-mounting mainspring housing, so I could make a carbine out of it, but the korny Kaliforny pistolgrip ban probably has made that illegal, just like Mech-Tech carbine kits. (However, maybe since the stock grows off the bottom of the grip, it would be like a pistol-grip style wooden rifle stock. Nah, they outlawed thumbholes too. Rats.)
This set-up is strictly for fun, so I don't want run afoul of the BATF just because I want my 1911 to do nine different things, and it IS only $55. Should I stash the barrel away in my junk box, and only get it out in the privacy of my own room like some perverted artwork? I'd rather not, as this is a real head-turner at the range, and turning heads at the range with my odd guns is on of my favorite things.
But going to jail is one of LEAST favorite things in all the world. Opinions? Don't worry, I won't consider it legal advice, I just want some reassurance that I've got the right opinion going.
