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h&r 922 barrel swap?

shtak
I have a 922/w a 6" barrel. I've seen where I can buy a short barrel for this gun for 75.00.

Are these barrels press fitted or threaded? How difficult is a barrel swap? I am a carptenter/millright is this something I could possibly do myself with the right tools?

thanks
paul
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  • 11b6r
    Pual- the tools (barrel wrench, clamps for frame) will cost you more than paying a smith to do it right. Doing it without the right tools is VERY likely to destroy the frame. Then there is the whole issue of getting barrel aligned, correctly spaced from cylinder, etc.
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  • shtak
    Pretty much what I figured. I do have a friend who went to gunsmithing school 20yrs ago that may have the tools but it was questionable if he still had the know how!!!

    That said, what would a average price for the work be?

    This gun has been a very reliable plinker,never failing to go bang after 1000s of shots so, I was thinking of making into a smaller concealable piece.Sounds like looking for one with a short brl would be a better opt. if I could end up with 2 guns for the price of altering one.
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  • BigLoop22
    Paul,

    I guess that I lucked out. I own a New England Firearms "R92". It came with a 2" barel, but I wanted a longer one. I bought a 6" barrel from an H&R 939 Ultra-Sidekick, for under $30.00, total. After some frustration with getting the barrel pin on the R92 to move, I was able to remove the old, 2" barrel, and replace it with the 6" barrel with very little hassle.

    Years ago, I read P.O. Ackley's book on gunsmithing. He wrote about how HE changed barrels on leverguns, and on revolvers. I followed suit, on my R92. I clamped the barrel between two blocks of wood that I had driiled a hole in. I then used the wood handle of a hammer to turn the fame of the gun off of the barrel. Next, I removed the old barrel from the vise, and clamped the 6" barrel between those same two blocks of wood, and turned on the the R92 frame. The barrel & frame alignment is perfect. The barrel pin is much easier to put back in than it is to remove.

    Paul, keep watching the auctions for another barrel. You might get one for less than $75.00. It is too bad that I could not have swapped my old 2" barrel for your longer one![;)]

    EDIT:
    I removed the cylinder, before I tried to separate the frame from the barrel.
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