M-14 front sight and muzzle brake
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Recondawg---I was looking into this but I couldn't find out what the OD was of the M-14 barrel was. I have a feeling it could be done but at what cost? You wouldn't have to use the nut, you could silver solder it in place as long as you were sure of the alignment with the barrel bore. I can remember at Camp Pendelton they used to drop a "Range Rod" down the bore of our M-14's to ensure the flash suppressor hadn't been knocked out of alignment. Oh & my friend wouldn't let me take his M1A apart to measure it. Go figure!
Good luck
Bushwack
Good luck
Bushwack
Well, I guess I will let you know if can be done, I just ordered a complete set up from: www.fulton-armory.com :usa: about $60.00 complete
In addition to threading your Mini-30 barrel to accept the M14 flash suppressor, you’ll have to figure out a way to deal with the splines (I think that’s the right term) on the inside of the M14 suppressor. The splines are there to line up the suppressor correctly. The M14 barrel is grooved to accept the splines, and it would be tough to create the grooves on your Mini-30 unless you’re a machinist with access to the right equipment. I think the best thing to do would be to remove the splines from the M14 flash hider.
I’ve thought about doing this on my Mini-14 and even bought a M14 FH for the project but I decided to go the Vortex route. Let us know how you make out with this.
Brad
P.S. If you’ve got a post-ban Mini-30, make sure you “neuter” the M14 flash suppressor (i.e., remove that deadly bayonet lug).
I’ve thought about doing this on my Mini-14 and even bought a M14 FH for the project but I decided to go the Vortex route. Let us know how you make out with this.
Brad
P.S. If you’ve got a post-ban Mini-30, make sure you “neuter” the M14 flash suppressor (i.e., remove that deadly bayonet lug).
Thanks, for all the input, keep it flowing, Ya! the splines will need to be removed for sure, I have a few ideas on how to best do this, I just hope one of them work!
Could you tell how close a fit the M-14 suppressor would be as far as OD and ID barrel to suppressor?
The suppressor I got from www.fulton-armory.com had the lug removed! so I should be good there.:usa:
Could you tell how close a fit the M-14 suppressor would be as far as OD and ID barrel to suppressor?
The suppressor I got from www.fulton-armory.com had the lug removed! so I should be good there.:usa:
I’m not looking at my Mini-14 or M14 FH right now, and it’s been a few months since I considered this project, but I believe the dimensions are pretty close. This depends on how much of your barrel you’ll be removing. Since it sounds like you be machining the inside of the M14 FH to remove the splines, at the same time you can just machine the ID of the FH larger if necessary to allow it to mount on your Mini-14 barrel. If the FH ID is too small, you’re looking at doing something like using shims.
I’ve attached a photo of the end of a M14 bush barrel showing how it is grooved to accept the M14 flash suppressor splines.
Brad
I’ve attached a photo of the end of a M14 bush barrel showing how it is grooved to accept the M14 flash suppressor splines.
Brad
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Brad,
Thanks for all the info. I sure am glad that I found this sight, having people like yourself out there to help in a project like this makes thing go a little faster, I will post pics as I go! anything else you can come up with would be great!
Steve:usa:
Thanks for all the info. I sure am glad that I found this sight, having people like yourself out there to help in a project like this makes thing go a little faster, I will post pics as I go! anything else you can come up with would be great!
Steve:usa:
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