Gunsmithing Ruger 10/22 setback front sight. I finally figured it out

[AllenM]

I bought a take down 10/22 and wanted to thread it for my suppressor but promised my self I wouldn't do it until I figured out how to thread the barrel and keep the front sight.
I have had this gun about 2 months trying to figure out how to do it and I finally did.

Now I feel dumb it took me so long. Trial and error baby.

Starting point :
Not enough room to thread and keep the front sight

This time I just cut the front band off instead of turning it down.

18.5 " barrel I removed about 1.150" So I am still good :

Indexing the bore

and some threading and Success. Oh yea and made a thread protector while I was at it

 

[SSGSAD]

You, are a very smart man !!!!! I like to figure things out for myself, too. Doesn't always work out the way I want, but the learning experience, is second to none !!!!!

 

[nascarfantoo]

Nice idea Allen. Grats.

 

[Dj15802]

Nicely done!

 

[gunworks321]

Just a couple of quick questions. How exactly did you cut off the band and then be able to reuse it? I cut the barrel by the same amount and still have the piece with the front band. Second, how did you reinstall the sight? You do quality work man, and I aspire to such greatness.

 

[AllenM]

Just a couple of quick questions. How exactly did you cut off the band and then be able to reuse it? I cut the barrel by the same amount and still have the piece with the front band. Second, how did you reinstall the sight? You do quality work man, and I aspire to such greatness.

its a dovetail sight, it just pushes back in. As for the rest of it. The lathe is your friend

this was difficult because i could only find a couple people doing it and no instructions anywhere. I thought I was going to have to make something from scratch but I was just over thinking it.

 

[Simon6101]

New service

Is this going to be a new service that you offer? Pricing???

 

[AllenM]

Is this going to be a new service that you offer? Pricing???

Yes it is although. time that it takes I would have to get $125.00 to be worth it, without the thread protector

 

[Simon6101]

Great

Yes it is although. time that it takes I would have to get $125.00 to be worth it, without the thread protector

That is still a fair price, Now just gotta decide which one I want to have done. So many choices.

 

[Bill of Rights]

That is still a fair price, Now just gotta decide which one I want to have done. So many choices.

Have I told you lately that I hate you?

Frickin' show-off...

(Rep inbound)

Blessings,
Bill

 

[AllenM]

Practice makes perfect, Barrel #2

Didn't even scratch the blue

 

[gunworks321]

OK, so maybe I'm just thick and don't understand all that I know, but once the sight is out of the dovetail, do you just pull the band off and put it back on after turning down the barrel? I've done the lathe work on two so far, but the sight band is what gives me the trouble. You don't have to answer if this is your trade secret.

 

[AllenM]

Yea I kinda feel like I should keep it a secret since I had a hard time coming up with the solution but I have pretty much given it away anyhow

I am cutting the end of the barrel off that the sight band is on.
Then I drill out the inside of the band and thread it.
After that I am the boring part of the inside of the band so it goes over the unthreaded portion of the barrel.
That way I don't have to trim it to index it I just screw it on and locktite it in place.

Last one I did I didn't even remove the sight from the dovetail.

 

[gunworks321]

Yea I kinda feel like I should keep it a secret since I had a hard time coming up with the solution but I have pretty much given it away anyhow

I am cutting the end of the barrel off that the sight band is on.
Then I drill out the inside of the band and thread it.
After that I am the boring part of the inside of the band so it goes over the unthreaded portion of the barrel.
That way I don't have to trim it to index it I just screw it on and locktite it in place.

Last one I did I didn't even remove the sight from the dovetail.

Cool! But also more work than I want to do. I'll stick with just not having a front site. The ones I have done have scopes mounted anyway. The one I bought from ShootinIron came threaded with re-mounted sight by Ruger. I'm GTG.

 

[cyprant]

How about adding a sight to a factory threaded barrel???

I have an ITAC 10/22 with no front sight but it does already have a threaded barrel...

What would that cost me?

 

[RDunagan]

Very nice work. I think I can get most of the way there but wondeing how you grill the cut sight out to .500" you can cut the ID thread. Seems like the wall thickness would be so thin it would be hard to hold/thread without crushing the part.

Thanks and again, very clever.

Rick

 

[AllenM]

Thanks,

I use a boring bar to get the exact size I want but you don't technically cut it to .500 that is to big for the threads to hold on to the barrel so it's a few thousandths under that, its not really that thin though. I hold it in the lathe.

 

[SumtnFancy]

Allen I have seen quite a few pictures of your projects, and you do awesome work!

 

[dsol]

I had a machinist friend thread my 10/22 barrels last year. Asked him to cut off the front sight, bore it out and turn down the barrel behind the threaded portion so the barrel band would be a press fit. We marked TDC and center of the band and lined it up, pressed it on with locktite and slid the piece back into the dovetail. Not as slick as threading, wish I had thought of that.

 

[medcoxo]

I would like mine done. I have tech sight front. For some reason the pics are gone. Are they somewhere else to view? Current pricing?