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Title: AT44 mod
Post by: mlrs_27m on January 27, 2017, 12:54:12 PM
Does anyone know if it's possible to replace the short barrel with the long barrel on the AT44 .25? I ask because I accidentally purchased a spare long cylinder on ebay. The long cylinder will not work with the ldc. I like the idea of having the extra shot count as well.
Title: Re: AT44 mod
Post by: Jman2311 on January 27, 2017, 06:45:30 PM
I mentioned this in your other thread but I can tell you my experience with doing attempting a barrel swap on my at-44 short in .22.  The barrel fits into the receiver just fine but the long barrel had a slightly larger OD than the short does.  At least it does in .22.  You may end up having to get some different barrel bands from Hatsan and give that a try.  I tried running it with no barrel bands as I do with the short barrel but the gun got terrible groups this way and I wasn't able to quickly tune it in so I just put it up for another time.  Maybe Hatsan can answer this question for you directly or try to reach out to the Hatsan guru BWalton.  He's got a website Bwaltonpcp.com with some contact info.  Shoot him an email.  I'll bet quite a lot that he knows the answer off the top of his head.
Title: Re: AT44 mod
Post by: mlrs_27m on January 27, 2017, 08:30:56 PM
Thanks for the input Jman. I didnt think about the diameter. Thanks for bwalton contact info.
Title: Re: AT44 mod
Post by: jimmymc2900 on January 27, 2017, 10:26:34 PM
I swapped the barrels between my AT44 QE long, and my AT44 short. They fit fine and shot the same between rifles. I have done the same mods to both rifles. Yesterday I swaped the barrels between the BullBoss and the Short one. Shot great. You should see the short little thing.

Jimmy
Title: Re: AT44 mod
Post by: Rallyshark on January 28, 2017, 08:58:33 PM
I swapped the barrels between my AT44 QE long, and my AT44 short. They fit fine and shot the same between rifles. I have done the same mods to both rifles. Yesterday I swaped the barrels between the BullBoss and the Short one. Shot great. You should see the short little thing.

Jimmy

I thought about swapping out a short barrel and cylinder on my Bullboss too a while back, but could never justify spending the extra $$ to get a short barrel/shroud :(  I bet it is nice with the short barrel/cylinder though.  It would be shorter and lighter :D 

I mentioned this in your other thread but I can tell you my experience with doing attempting a barrel swap on my at-44 short in .22.  The barrel fits into the receiver just fine but the long barrel had a slightly larger OD than the short does.  At least it does in .22.  You may end up having to get some different barrel bands from Hatsan and give that a try.  I tried running it with no barrel bands as I do with the short barrel but the gun got terrible groups this way and I wasn't able to quickly tune it in so I just put it up for another time.  Maybe Hatsan can answer this question for you directly or try to reach out to the Hatsan guru BWalton.  He's got a website Bwaltonpcp.com with some contact info.  Shoot him an email.  I'll bet quite a lot that he knows the answer off the top of his head.

I would have thought the barrels would have been the same diameter?  That's odd for them to do that.  How much difference are we talking about?