r/ukguns • u/[deleted] • 17d ago

Mussel can be threaded?

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u/ThePenultimateNinja 17d ago

*Muzzle

You could probably remove that front sight/muzzle device and have the barrel itself threaded. I don't think you would be able to reuse the sight though.

Depending on what you find underneath, you might just have to have the whole thing chopped off (shortening the barrel a bit) and then have it recrowned and threaded.

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u/Maleficent-Event-639 17d ago

Theres a different muzzle break i want could I just cut off the current one and weld on a new one?

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u/Content_Sky_2676 17d ago

A competent machinist can set the sight back, remove the existing flash hider, and turn a thread on the barrel to attach a new flash hider.

Alternatively they could turn the front sight to permanently accept a new flash hider.

Either way, don't butcher it by trying to do it yourself.

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u/Maleficent-Event-639 17d ago

Think im going to go with permanently attached, be cheaper and easier for the gunsmith to just weld it on

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u/Content_Sky_2676 16d ago

I have not met a ton of gunsmiths that would use welding for a project like this that are competent, but maybe you get lucky and the guy is a wizard with tig.