New here. I am getting suppressor (YHM Phantom 7.62 with QD), which is readily attached to most of my rifles. Exception is Rock River LAR-8 26-inch heavy bull SS. Just beginning to think about this rifle. Can someone guide me a bit here? Suspect need to cut down length and add threading. But who/where to get this done and likely how much $$? Any advice is appreciated. Thanks.
I'd say ask your dealer who is a good gunsmith with a lathe. All you need to do is turn down the barrel to the proper diameter at the end and thread it....threading it might be a chore unless they turn it down several inches which may look funky.
For me, I've had mine for over a week and will shoot it this week (provided I get the scope rings from RRA in). I've got a plan for mine based upon 1) stiff short barrels are more accurate than longer barrels and 2) .308 is optimized for 20 to 22 inch barrels in the match ammo and police ammo.
Here's what I'm going to do with mine and I hope to put pics up on it:
1. Lap the scope rings to square them up.
2. Record every shot by ammo type and manufacturer.
3. For the first few rounds, chrono every round and clean after every round until the patches come back "clean" after the first few shots. The 26" barrel is cryo treated and lapped so this may not be necessary...I'm obsessive. If my patches come back dirty to start and clean up as the barrel is burnished I'll let ya'll know.
4. The barrel starts at 26" and unless it groups 3/8" or so at 100 yards I'll cut it to 23". If I cut it I'll have chrono for everyone to compare with.
5. If the barrel is good at 23" I'll leave it...if the group stinks' I'll get the smithy to cut 1/2" or so off and try it again. Again, I'll chrono.
6. I'll continue to cut the barrel down to 21 or so inches to get a shooter...chrono along the way as I cut.
7. When it's a shooter, if it's a shooter, I'll have the end of the barrel turned and threaded for my can.
8. I'll have chrono and groups with and without the can.
Now, hopefully I'll be industrious and dilligent enough to follow through with all of this. It will be interesting to get real life chrono data and several different ammo's down the barrel with groups. If I am really diligent, I'll chronicle with pics.
Anway, this is what I'm planning on doing...hope I didn't bore anyone and DON'T HOLD YOUR BREATH WAITING TO SEE WHAT HAPPENS GUYS.
BTW, I went to Optics Planet and got a Bushnell 4200 FIRST FOCAL PLANE 6x24 power scope with 30 MM tube for under $800 delivered. 1st focal plane is what you want and I had no idea you could get one for under $800 this quality...I thought I'd have to spend over $2k to get one and it has 1/10 moa clicks. First focal plane means the mil dots are good at any magnification, not just one specified magnification.
Have fun with whatever path you follow.
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