Ruger American Rimfire Barrel shortening, why not?

[Tactical Bacon]

Just picking up a Ruger American Rimfire and want to use it as a host gun. I am looking for a gunsmith near Indy to shorten to 16 1/2" and thread it along with moving the front sight, is there any reason that I should not do it? Any recomendations on Smithing?

 

[giovani]

If it is chambered in 22lr , you won't be loosing much if anything in the way of velocity.
as for other rimfire calibers I couldn't say.

 

[Tactical Bacon]

Yes, it is a 22LR. I really wouldn't mind losing some FPS.

 

[looney2ns]

Why not just buy the compact version model?

 

[Lunati]

Why not just buy the compact version model?

My thoughts exactly lol

 

[JimH]

You won't loose speed,but you may loose accuracy.Before you cut the barrel,have your smith slug it and try to cut it off at a tight spot.I would definately do before/after accuracy test.

 

[Tactical Bacon]

Even the compact is 18" and I was thinking 16.5" Plus, since I wanted to thread it why not shorten it too.

 

[lucky4034]

I hate to be the one to say it... but of all of the guns for Ruger to design, why in the hell did they come up with that goofy creation?

 

[NHT3]

I know USDS has a guy that threaded a Crickett for them so I would imagine that the Ruger wouldn't be a problem. I saw the new Ruger last night and thought it was a really really neat piece, other than the looong barrel.


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[looney2ns]

I hate to be the one to say it... but of all of the guns for Ruger to design, why in the hell did they come up with that goofy creation?

Because it is selling and will make them money.

 

[Lunati]

How is it goofy, looks like a solid bolt action .22, it's on my wish list.

 

[Tactical Bacon]

Not goofy to me, I bought one!

 

[IndyGunworks]

I cant get past the cock on closing or I would probably pick one up myself.

 

[Tactical Bacon]

Don't all bolt actions work that way?

 

[IndyGunworks]

No, most of the smoother actions like the cz and savage cock the bolt when the bolt is lifted preventing a duplication of resistance between feeding the next round into the chamber AND cocking.

I can tell when my mag is out of ammo on my cz just by the way the bolt feels when running home w/out loading a round. With a cock on closing bolt not so much. This is just my opinion though and I am sure many disagree with it.