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Title: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 11, 2021, 04:45:28 PM
I purchased 2 Daisy 822 valve/barrel assemblies that had had the barrels cut off with a metal wheel.
One is 13-3/4" the other about 13"
Daisy straw barrel is 20 1/2" I think......

These are .361 OD if memory serves. Plenty of meat to do a M/F press joint w/tack weld.
Is this at all feasible??

Any y'all ever attempted something like this?

Or, should I just make 2 carbines??
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Insanity on March 11, 2021, 04:49:38 PM
Might be hard with a rifled barrel.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 11, 2021, 04:51:23 PM
Might be hard with a rifled barrel.

What would happen if grooves didn't match perfectly?
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Insanity on March 11, 2021, 04:52:14 PM
I suspect lead would collect there. Probably give you fits with accuracy.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Motorhead on March 11, 2021, 05:02:33 PM
Yes ... https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=183960.msg156099741#msg156099741 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=183960.msg156099741#msg156099741)
Tho the "CLOCKING" of the rifling is a problem unless you can precisely address it
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Horatio on March 11, 2021, 05:54:56 PM
Why don’t you do this.

Put both rifles together.

Shoot them over the clock.

If the FPE is close to what was historically stated for an 822- leave it alone and focus on accuracy.

If it’s loud or you don’t want the soda straw floating in the tube, get the dimensions and get a 3D printed LDC made.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 11, 2021, 07:14:50 PM
Yes ... https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=183960.msg156099741#msg156099741 (https://www.gatewaytoairguns.org/GTA/index.php?topic=183960.msg156099741#msg156099741)
Tho the "CLOCKING" of the rifling is a problem unless you can precisely address it
Wow! Fascinating....Thanks.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 11, 2021, 07:16:19 PM
Why don’t you do this.

Put both rifles together.

Shoot them over the clock.

If the FPE is close to what was historically stated for an 822- leave it alone and focus on accuracy.

If it’s loud or you don’t want the soda straw floating in the tube, get the dimensions and get a 3D printed LDC made.

I am using the 822 components to convert Winchester 1977 to .22.
I may give that a try....
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Horatio on March 11, 2021, 08:16:39 PM
The other alternative is a .22LR barrel liner, but I don’t know if all the land/groove dimensions are correct for pellets at an 880 power level.

Some have turned down a crosman barrel to fit.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 11, 2021, 09:20:01 PM
The other alternative is a .22LR barrel liner, but I don’t know if all the land/groove dimensions are correct for pellets at an 880 power level.

Some have turned down a crosman barrel to fit.

That is what I am currently using in my conversion.The bore is a bit oversize, but not grouping too badly......
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Back_Roads on March 11, 2021, 09:32:57 PM
 You could try adding a section of smooth bore barrel ahead of the rifled section like Motorhead was experimenting with ???
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 11, 2021, 11:25:23 PM
You could try adding a section of smooth bore barrel ahead of the rifled section like Motorhead was experimenting with ???

I may give that a shot.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Horatio on March 12, 2021, 12:13:28 AM
I’ve been thinking about this.

What I’ve suspected, but don’t know is that this is what a “smooth twist” barrel is: Somehow pushing the rifling button into the tip of the cylinder and clamping down.

Maybe do something similar with your 822? I don’t know where you’d get an Airgun .22 rifling button or .22 ID tubing- but there is an idea.

About the RF barrel liner. Maybe try the biggest head size FTTs you can get? I think they go up to 5.55 or 5.56?

I have very little experience with welding tiny little things.
Friction stir or laser welding isn’t normally on the hobby level.
And if you attempted to tig the smooth section to the rifled section, complications lining up ID and keeping steel smooth on the inside.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: sb327 on March 12, 2021, 07:39:03 AM
A cerrosafe casting of one piece or the other casted about 4” long, push it halfway out.  then ‘thread’ the sections together. Short smooth leade for a transition to help prevent leading. Thin, snug fitting tube over the splice. I would use loctite to test.

Then remove cerrosafe.

That’s just a suggestion as I’ve not tried it.

Dave
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: OTmachine on March 12, 2021, 11:11:39 PM
Welding is not necessary.  Loctite will hold when properly applied.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Horatio on March 12, 2021, 11:20:40 PM
Welding is not necessary.  Loctite will hold when properly applied.

You’re right. I forgot that’s how people feline barrels. A wedding band marrying the 2 tubes.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Insanity on March 13, 2021, 01:19:07 PM
Locktite 638 is some tenacious stuff once cured takes a lot of heat and a big impact to get a fastener free.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Motorhead on March 13, 2021, 03:39:07 PM
use 640 grade myself
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Insanity on March 13, 2021, 03:43:11 PM
use 640 grade myself

I have a bunch of the 638 left over from doing recalls on polaris slingshots. It went on the axle splines and the double nuts. Some times it took an hour of heat with a map torch to loosen up.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 13, 2021, 08:26:40 PM
Welding is not necessary.  Loctite will hold when properly applied.

You’re right. I forgot that’s how people feline barrels. A wedding band marrying the 2 tubes.

MEEEEOOOOWWWW!!!
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Horatio on March 14, 2021, 12:23:03 AM
Welding is not necessary.  Loctite will hold when properly applied.

You’re right. I forgot that’s how people feline barrels. A wedding band marrying the 2 tubes.

MEEEEOOOOWWWW!!!

Ha ha! Yea... autocorrect.
Title: Re: Ever Splice A Barrel?
Post by: Ronno6 on March 16, 2021, 11:02:17 PM
i have a section of .22LR barrel liner which has a slightly larger bore than the 822 barrel.
May make the perfect extension........