Fitting a M1 Forend to a M2 Barrel

[Jackary]

Has anyone done this if so could they share some pictures

 

[KurtM]

Done it a bunch of times but I never photoed it. sorry. it ain't no big thing, just mark where the length needs to be and rout it out. Did one for the Mayor of 3-gun and quite a few others. KurtM

 

[Jackary]

i saw some over on enos forum but it looked pretty rough i want to keep it clean if possible going to have to break out the dremel any recomendation on what bit to use

 

[KurtM]

Yep use a carbide burr cutter and trun it SLOW, Most folks think that since a dremel CAN run high "Rs" it should. Go slow and then use a small sanding drum to finish it off. it isn't hard to do if at first you scibe some lines in the fore-end and STAY A BIT AWAY FROM THEM with the Dremel and then sand to fit. Soounds harder than it is. Takes around 10-15 minutes to do a real nice job. KurtM

 

[Jackary]

thanks for the info

 

[jtischauser]

Take some pics jackary. I'm sure it will help someone out in the future.

 

[Jackary]

will do

 

[Jackary]

I cheated and used a mill then went in and cleaned it up some with the carbide and sanding bits on the dremel.

 

[Scott Hearn]

Okay now for the obligatory dumb a$$ question. Why?

Easier loading with an M1 forend?

 

[Jackary]

the recess in the forearm is to short for the M2 barrel so I had to cut the recess back so the barrel would fit into the forearm ill post a picture of the two barrels tomorrow to show the difference its pretty much just to keep from having to buy a M2 forearm so i can use the shorter M2 barrel on my M1

 

[Jackary]

Meant to post this awhile back the M1 on top M2 below.

Shows the difference in the two barrels

 

[Matt1911]

Thanks for the pics.

 

[Jackary]

No problem i saw a similar thread over on enos but hadnt seen anything on here with pictures

 

[Scott Hearn]

Oh okay. I wasn't aware that the barrels would interchange across models. Good to know, thanks.

 

[Jackary]

No problem the barrels are interchangeable but you have to modify the forend on the M1 or buy a M2 forend so the M2 barrel will fit

 

[Scott Hearn]

No problem the barrels are interchangeable but you have to modify the forend on the M1 or buy a M2 forend so the M2 barrel will fit

Seems a small price to pay for barrel availability. M2 barrels are unobtanium and when you do find one it costs 50%+ of what a new gun costs. That's if you can find a new M2 to buy!

 

[Jackary]

Yeah I ordered a M1 barrel and they sent me the M2 it was about 2/3 of what I paid for the M1 but that was the cheapest price I had found on them