Moderating a 94/22

[safetyfirst]

So I've got this beautiful little Winchester 94/22, it'd be a perfect hunting rifle but for the lack of a threaded barrel.

The tubular magazine extends to around 3mm below the barrel.

Does anyone have any experience with reducing the length of the magazine tube and threading a 94/22?

I think it'd be a sweet little rifle if it had a mod, without one it's a bit of a safe queen!

[breacher]

I once had a Winchester 94 in .45LC - i just slid the tube out and cut an inch from the breech end. Once back in place that gave an inch of barrel I threaded.

[safetyfirst]

Thanks, good to know I'm not the only one who's contemplated this. I've got a 94AE in .45LC as well but it's strictly a gallery rifle.

[Swamp Donkey]

I had a 9422 with threaded barrel. But what a pita to load up. Remove mod, load up, fit mod, shoot 10 rabbits, remove mod, load up.......

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[safetyfirst]

But of course. I'd not thought about that. Hmm. I'll need a solution. <goes off to think>

[safetyfirst]

Hmm. That brass tube, I wonder if a flexible polymer alternative would do the job... Or a conversion to a captive Spring design.

Perhaps I should just leave it alone.

Vote now.

A: come up with something
B: stop dicking around with a perfectly good rifle.

[ovenpaa]

Shorten the magazine tube, machine a slot on the underside to allow the bullets to be dropped with a slot to the front and use a follower with lever to pull the magazine back. Capacity would be reduced however it would mean you could use the Sound Moderator and load it from the underside.

[Swamp Donkey]

Don't mess with it. Donate it to my collection

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[Kungfugerbil]

I'm going to vote for 'don't mess'.

There are 9422s on trader screwcut- personally it puts me off. There are better bunnybashers out there and the 9422 is a peach. Our club has a commemorative 9422 that I use for taking the juniors through LWR with and its just a fab little rifle.

[safetyfirst]

I wonder if there's a QD way to go here with the suppressor. Avoid over alteration of the rifle, though Ovenpaa's suggestion would be logical if mag alteration was the chosen path.