I have an acquaintance who has some gunsmithing/metal working experience who said he's going to tinker around and see about making a pistol caliber bolt action rifle
the answer to "why?" was "why not?"
So now I am curious, as a general survey would anyone here be interested in such a thing if a company began commercially producing and selling them? What features would you expect from it? What would you even use the bloody thing for?
Would it be worth it going through all the training and bs to become a USAF Combat Controller just to operate a little with SEALS and Rangers and shit, or should I just go SecFo for 4-8 years, claim any and all benefits, go to college and do something else.
.22lr was made for shooting galleries at carnivals, the excess of materials is to give it good weight and handling.
part of it is federal laws requiring rifles have a minimum barrel length of 16", and a minimum overall length of 26". the other part is tradition.
The .22 short was made for shooting galleries, the .22lr is two steps evolved from it, designed for varmints and competition.
Can I sell (as in sell and mail) 1 lb of powder to someone without any legal hassles? Bought the wrong kind while getting started reloading, can't return it. Figured I'd ask before going to the BST thread.
Federal minimum long gun length is 16 inches. Any shorter and it's a SBR, which you need a tax stamp for.
Doesn't apply to pistols obviously.
Generally .22lr benefits from barrel length up until 16 inches, after that it actually loses a bit of velocity per inch due to friction from rifling. This doesn't apply to specialty ammo made for rifle length barrels (for example CCI Velocitors).
Longer barrels mean more distance between sights, which means more accurate sights. This is important for competition guns, since some competitions require you to use irons.
Thicker barrels means stiffer barrels, which means better accuracy.
Thicker barrels also means it takes longer for the barrel to heat up, also better for accuracy.
Thicker barrels means heavier barrels, which means less muzzle rise, which is important for follow-up shots.
Varmint shooters and competition shooters want all of these properties. The last one is particularly important for handgun competitions. Shooters will actually put weights on their barrels to reduce muzzle rise even more.
Does anyone have that image with the tiers of 1911 ranking them from God tier to shit tier
Then you have shot two-stage triggers. SKS is a two-stage trigger unless some bubba has dramatically "improved" it. I bet at least some of your bolt guns have two-stage triggers as well.
One other thing I forgot to mention.
It actually costs more to manufacture a thin barrel than a thick one. All barrels start off as blanks, thick bars of steel. It takes manhours and machine time to turn them down to a thinner profile. Since .22lr guns are usually dirt cheap, less machining just cuts costs a little more.
Related, it's why HBAR ar15 barrels are cheaper. They're basically barrel blanks with minimum machining.