Post by butlersrangers on Jul 7th, 2019 at 3:54am
I have a hunch on how this was done and it is not by a U.S. Arsenal or Armory.
Maybe a gunsmith did the modification for a VFW Post, but, that is just speculation.
My guess is that someone with machinery and skill cut the barrel to 24 inches. The stock was cut to the correct length to accept a bayonet and inletted to take the front barrel-band.
A 'step' was lathe turned at the new muzzle of the shortened barrel.
The barrel section with front-sight, that was 'cut-off', was bored out and cut to length to be a 'sleeve'.
This 'sight-sleeve' was positioned on the 'stepped-muzzle' and silver soldered in place. The barrel and sleeve were re-crowned together.
The shortened barrel-assembly was turned in a lathe to change and blend the contour from the rear of the 'sight-sleeve' to the front or rear of the front barrel-band. (The front band may have been stretched to fit a larger barrel diameter).
The bare metal from contouring was re-blued.
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Maybe a gunsmith did the modification for a VFW Post, but, that is just speculation.
My guess is that someone with machinery and skill cut the barrel to 24 inches. The stock was cut to the correct length to accept a bayonet and inletted to take the front barrel-band.
A 'step' was lathe turned at the new muzzle of the shortened barrel.
The barrel section with front-sight, that was 'cut-off', was bored out and cut to length to be a 'sleeve'.
This 'sight-sleeve' was positioned on the 'stepped-muzzle' and silver soldered in place. The barrel and sleeve were re-crowned together.
The shortened barrel-assembly was turned in a lathe to change and blend the contour from the rear of the 'sight-sleeve' to the front or rear of the front barrel-band. (The front band may have been stretched to fit a larger barrel diameter).
The bare metal from contouring was re-blued.
an_odd_krag.jpg ( 31 KB | 6
Downloads )