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How much is a gunsmith likely to charge to shorten and re crown a .22lr ?

A DIY job if there ever was one

Hack it off to the length required, tidy up with a couple of flat files and then recrown with a round head screw/electric drill/valve grinding paste.

....if in doubt, Google it

BRNO 308 £40.00

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saddler wrote:A DIY job if there ever was one

Hack it off to the length required, tidy up with a couple of flat files and then recrown with a round head screw/electric drill/valve grinding paste.

....if in doubt, Google it

If in doubt - bodge it! The muzzle is arguable the most important bit of the barrel - take it to someone with knowledge and equipment - please!

anyone with a lathe is your best bet , the arguable part is should you get it re proofed or not

saddler wrote:A DIY job if there ever was one

Hack it off to the length required, tidy up with a couple of flat files and then recrown with a round head screw/electric drill/valve grinding paste.

....if in doubt, Google it

+1 on this, I used pretty much the same method to recrown my 39 Nagant and it shoots better than a 75 year old rifle has any right to, though I got one of the guys at work to machine a brass tool to do it.I didn't shorten the barrel but to do this you can clamp a jubilee clip of the appropriate size on the barrel and cut up against it as a guide to get a straight cut with a good hacksaw and dress it with a diamond file.Just take your time with the drill and don't go wild.

Jackmanuk wrote:anyone with a lathe is your best bet , the arguable part is should you get it re proofed or not

Not arguable - for this you don't need to get it re-proofed - even if you sell it. If you do other things like take metal off the length of the barrel you would need to get it re-proofed to sell it.

Proof House have recently got into the habit of putting the Proof Mark at the muzzle of the barrel there by making it impossible to shorten or thread without removing the proof mark; a ploy to get more money from reproofing when it is not really required.

The UK Proof Houses work to CIP standards however they do have their own take on some parts of the procedure which appear to differ from our European cousins...

saddler wrote:A DIY job if there ever was one

Hack it off to the length required, tidy up with a couple of flat files and then recrown with a round head screw/electric drill/valve grinding paste.

....if in doubt, Google it

I agree, it's a simple enough DIY job - I shortened and recrowned my 357 Winchester with no loss of accuracy. If I had a .22 pilot I'd lend you my recrowning tools and you could do DIY it.