Thread: installing an over barrel can easy to do your self?

Originally Posted by Maca49

Had a discussion with a suppressor manufacturer yesterday on fitting one to my 6.5 x 55. Said I'd want an over barrel to reduce the forward extension. His view was only about the first 40 mm of the over barrel works to help the noise reduction, the suppression is done by everything forward? Thoughts, experience? Appreciated

Wasnt the topic of the thread

You need a lathe and know how to clock up the barrel so the thread is turned parallel and true to the bore

and no you cant use a die nut! And yes the bushing is best done in the lathe too