1st time builder question............

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prelude97
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:12 am

i want to be able to change the barrels on my gun between 1 1/2" and 2". what do i need to make this possible? i will also be using a 4"x12" chamber. thanx! :D
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 6:52 am

you will need to glue a female adapter a few inches past your reducer, then on your barrels, glue male adpaters, so that they can be screwed into place

P.S I'd go with a 15"-16" chamber, but 12" is fine! :)
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 2:56 pm

Prelude I belive that it tells you how to do it in the how to section. Gonky is right you do use a female adapter to make interchangable barrels.
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 3:08 pm

dumb question... but does it matter which, male or female, you attach to your chamber/reducer? I haven't seen anyone use male, they always use female... any reason for this?
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Sun Oct 30, 2005 4:13 pm

Well, I did it because my cannon was rather large, and I didn't want to bump the threads on anything (and mess them up). Now, I'm just kindof stuck with it, because I don't want to have to make a whole new set of barrels.

Females are also a bit more expensive, and most people have more barrels than launchers, so it's cheaper to use females on the chamber.

It's also possible to get stuck using it involentarily, by using a bushing that is threaded on the small diameter.
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 5:17 am

thanx guys. big help. also all i have to do to make it a breech loader is hollow out the middle of the adapter right?
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Tue Nov 01, 2005 6:33 pm

Again READ the how to section it also tells you how to make a breech loader.
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