Ian
Notorious member
My H&R Classic Carbine .45 Colt has been languishing in the back of my safe for a few years while I've been playing with my NFA toys more and more. It's really nice to leave the hearing protection in the range bag and not annoy the neighbors by shooting early in the morning on a weekend. My form 1 silencer build was a .45 caliber and I've been enjoying it on my .45 ACP AR-15. I decided to have the H&R's muzzle threaded so I could shoot it suppressed also.
Threading the barrel would involve losing the front sight dovetail, so I decided to go ahead and have the barrel shortened to 16-1/4" to make it a little more "handi" with the silencer mounted. After some wheedling and begging, L1A1Rocker agreed to take the project on and boy did he do a nice job on the threads, crown, and shoulder. He also took my .30-caliber brake and bored it out to 1/2" so the bullets would pass.
I went ahead and re-cut the dovetail by hand and re-mounted the front sight this afternoon, and dressed up and touched up the bluing in a few spots on the brake (I bought it used and it had some pipe wrench scars on it), and put a few rounds through it. Very nice. Thanks again Rocker!
Threading the barrel would involve losing the front sight dovetail, so I decided to go ahead and have the barrel shortened to 16-1/4" to make it a little more "handi" with the silencer mounted. After some wheedling and begging, L1A1Rocker agreed to take the project on and boy did he do a nice job on the threads, crown, and shoulder. He also took my .30-caliber brake and bored it out to 1/2" so the bullets would pass.
I went ahead and re-cut the dovetail by hand and re-mounted the front sight this afternoon, and dressed up and touched up the bluing in a few spots on the brake (I bought it used and it had some pipe wrench scars on it), and put a few rounds through it. Very nice. Thanks again Rocker!
