I quite like this one... not confident I'd get permission for one though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7vwivR6cE
Modifying a firearm in the UK
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I quite like this one... not confident I'd get permission for one though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7vwivR6cE
I quite like this one... not confident I'd get permission for one though
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iX7vwivR6cE
More stoppages than a British Leyland production line.
Wouldn't be very easy to control or carry - there are better full auto shotguns out there - but no, you wouldn't get permission for one!
Back to the question though, barrels can be cut, threaded, fluted etc.
For what you are trying to do, its probably not worth it (on a .22 RF). Start with a receiver and buy the right sort of stock, barrel and controls to get the gun you want. You can certainly build a supressed, bullpup .22 rimfire based on a Ruger 10/22 receiver. I would personally not thread for a moderator though, just put in a fully supressed barrel from the start
Talk to Roger Francis - the very best man there is at 10/22s imo
http://www.rimfiremagic.co.uk/
If it can be done to a rimfire, he has probably done it before!
Back to the question though, barrels can be cut, threaded, fluted etc.
For what you are trying to do, its probably not worth it (on a .22 RF). Start with a receiver and buy the right sort of stock, barrel and controls to get the gun you want. You can certainly build a supressed, bullpup .22 rimfire based on a Ruger 10/22 receiver. I would personally not thread for a moderator though, just put in a fully supressed barrel from the start
Talk to Roger Francis - the very best man there is at 10/22s imo
http://www.rimfiremagic.co.uk/
If it can be done to a rimfire, he has probably done it before!
I remember when I was younger I entered a competition in one of the airgun magazines in order to win a B&M Daystate bullpup - was convinced I'd win and very disappointed that I didn't (it was a while ago and this might not be the right gun, but it was a wooden bullpup)
http://www.mygunshop.co.uk/listings/daystate/daystate-bm-bullpup-huntsman-mk2/
Thinking now that a .22LR action is a damn site cheaper and might be fun making a wooden stock to fit it. I'd go for a ready moderated barrel, rather than try and modify one myself (don't think my lathe is up to the job). I'd either fit a scope or my Rusak collimator (although the latter is probably not very accurate)
http://www.mygunshop.co.uk/listings/daystate/daystate-bm-bullpup-huntsman-mk2/
Thinking now that a .22LR action is a damn site cheaper and might be fun making a wooden stock to fit it. I'd go for a ready moderated barrel, rather than try and modify one myself (don't think my lathe is up to the job). I'd either fit a scope or my Rusak collimator (although the latter is probably not very accurate)
Scopes are good - but if you can imagine a sight option, its out there - even digital night vision and thermal imaging!
The stock would be doable - but the trigger linakges to set the receiver back in the stock would be very tricky without making the trigger very graunchy (which bullpups suffer from at the best of times)
Its been done though!
Thing is in the UK, you have to keep the fixed length of the gun over 24". You can build a 10/22 with a conventional stock to that with a 12 1/2" barrel. So no real advantage beyond aesthetics.
The stock would be doable - but the trigger linakges to set the receiver back in the stock would be very tricky without making the trigger very graunchy (which bullpups suffer from at the best of times)
Its been done though!
Thing is in the UK, you have to keep the fixed length of the gun over 24". You can build a 10/22 with a conventional stock to that with a 12 1/2" barrel. So no real advantage beyond aesthetics.
I'm thinking it would be cheaper to find and buy a bullpup you like than to try to convert from a conventional rifle.
I think they made .22LR SA80's for cadets - whether these made it onto the civilian market I don't know and I don't want something military anyway (although the rim fire magic guy is selling UZI's...
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Looks like the L41A1 is semi auto but it's easily converted back into a 5.56 as only a kit so not really suitable.
I think they made .22LR SA80's for cadets - whether these made it onto the civilian market I don't know and I don't want something military anyway (although the rim fire magic guy is selling UZI's...
Is that a purpose made SA80 in 22LR? Or more likely a standard 223/5.56 with a 22 converter. At one time we did the same thing back in the late 1970s with the M16 (used a 22LR converter) to reduce training ammo costs.
On further investigation it was a conversion kit. I think it was to enable use on indoor ranges
From Wikipedia:
"It allowed .22 rounds to be fired semi-automatically using direct blow back against the bolt to cycle the next round. If the kit was fitted to the L98A1 a standard L85 cocking handle had to be fitted to allow semi automatic fire"
Ahhh - if you change the cocking handle to allow blowback, then yes, it would work Either way, its an insert, so, sadly, not a manufactured rimfire, so a no no for you
Either way, its an insert, so, sadly, not a manufactured rimfire, so a no no for you
Ahhh - if you change the cocking handle to allow blowback, then yes, it would work
I did say I didn't want anything military
Ahh don't sweat it - the military don't use rimfire anyway!
Get a 10/22 and work it out from there. My wife and I started with identical rifles.
Mine ended up like this
1022 Snake Ruger Small by British Red, on Flickr
My wife's ended up like this
Dragunov Ruger small by British Red, on Flickr
They are fundamentally the same rifle, just different weights, barrels, stocks, triggers, recoil buffers etc.
Get a 10/22 and work it out from there. My wife and I started with identical rifles.
Mine ended up like this
1022 Snake Ruger Small by British Red, on Flickr
My wife's ended up like this
Dragunov Ruger small by British Red, on Flickr
They are fundamentally the same rifle, just different weights, barrels, stocks, triggers, recoil buffers etc.
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