Creative upgrade for SL 68 II

[nobbie333]

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[nobbie333]

Does anybody know if there’s enough meat on the feed neck to machine it for empire?
I think it would be a great way to repair broken ones.

[dano_____]

I think you'd be best off cutting the feed just below the collar and pressing in/gluing in an empire feed stub like used on an automag or other threaded feedneck. It could be nice and square and I would beg that the feed would cover the cut well if placed at the right depth.

[DocsMachine]

I was looking at this one before I sawed the rest of the neck off. The two options are to machine it for an offset-vertical to take a clamping neck, or to machine it into a right-feed neck and use an elbow.

Unfortunately, the way the inner passage is cast, I'm not sure either one is possible- it's a rough curve internally, and I think you'd end up with only a partial wall, either way.

If I can find another broken body, I may give it a try just to see for sure, but it's also worth keeping in mind either one would be pretty thin- thinner than the usual broken original clamping tab. And in cast material, that, I think, would be too fragile for regular use.

Doc.

[ThatBobbyjoe]

Very interested to see where this series goes

[iamthelazerviking]

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