Sleeving the G1 FH

Biskit1 · August 23, 2001, 18:55

After seeing the FH on my G1 barrels, I think it looks pretty good. So I was thinking of chucking them up and sleeving them so they can stay on my barrel. Couplea questions....I will have to remove the notch the grenades attach to, then bore the hole out to accept....what? 4140 DOM? Is that good enough? Then silver solder it in place so it cannot be removed. Then do I have to silver solder the sleeved FH in place? Or can I have it detachable still?

Tom

LVACGAR · August 23, 2001, 19:43

Good questions all. Hope you find the answers! I'm looking too.

ByronF · August 24, 2001, 06:53

No matter what you do, you'll have lots of company! Depends on whether you abide by the intent of the law or the letter or the law, I guess. Do what you want. Nobody's going to check or care, most likely.

Biskit1 · August 24, 2001, 10:56

Well, I spun the FH last night to remove the GL lug on it. Now, I'll have to bore it and sleeve it. Still wondering whether 4140 DOM will work properly as a sleeve?

Tom

falo308 · August 24, 2001, 11:09

Why sleave it? I have a great idea- get a blank firing device from tapco and cut the end off of it or just drill out the end, this would work wouldn't it?

**EMDII** · August 25, 2001, 08:30

DOM appears to be the sleeve of choice for this application. GP has some neat pics of this at his website.

**EMDII** · August 25, 2001, 08:34

Quote:

Originally posted by Biskit1:
...Couplea questions....I will have to remove the notch the grenades attach to..........
Tom

The G-1 FH is an entirely separate component from the G-1 GL. The G-1 GL CANNOT attach to the FH, so there's no notch to remove. Am I confused?

We've already concluded you do not need to remove the G-1 barrel lug, as it does not accept bayonets, and cannot function as a bayonet lug.

Or have I missed something?

Biskit1 · August 25, 2001, 08:43

I've left the G1 barrel lug as an "accessory" lug. The FH has a lug on it as well. That's what I've already removed. I just figured it had something to do with GL capability. I must have missed GP's part on sleeving FHs.

Tom

**gunplumber** · August 25, 2001, 12:16

1/2" .065" wall thickness DOM mld steel has worked fine. Shorten end of FH and weld to fill the amount shortened. With TAPCO's price, I see little point in the workk,.

TooTech · August 25, 2001, 16:44

AFTER sleeving the flash hider is it possible to drill holes through the sleeve to make it function as a muzzle brake?

gunnut1 · August 26, 2001, 21:26

What is DOM? and where an I get it?

I want to do this my self.

GP, is it possible to silver solder the FH sleeve in place using the "sweat method"?

JimM · August 26, 2001, 23:39

DOM = drawn over mandrel
Can be purchased at J&L, MSC, Travers.

August 23, 2001, 18:55	#1
Biskit1 Registered FALaholic #: 2493 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pleasant Grove, UT USA Posts: 82	Sleeving the G1 FH After seeing the FH on my G1 barrels, I think it looks pretty good. So I was thinking of chucking them up and sleeving them so they can stay on my barrel. Couplea questions....I will have to remove the notch the grenades attach to, then bore the hole out to accept....what? 4140 DOM? Is that good enough? Then silver solder it in place so it cannot be removed. Then do I have to silver solder the sleeved FH in place? Or can I have it detachable still? Tom

August 23, 2001, 19:43	#2
LVACGAR Registered FALaholic #: 3466 Join Date: Jun 2001 Location: South Florida Posts: 338	Good questions all. Hope you find the answers! I'm looking too. __________________ USMC MP HQSVC Battalion-3rd FSSG-Kinser Parris Island-Pendleton-Okinawa Semper Fi Brothers

August 25, 2001, 08:30	#6
EMDII Evil Moderator Silver Contributor FALaholic #: 6 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Kennesaw, GA Posts: 13,971	DOM appears to be the sleeve of choice for this application. GP has some neat pics of this at his website. __________________ "The Spartans do not enquire how many enemy there are. The SPartans merely enquire WHERE they are." E.M. (Ted) Dannemiller II 1*

August 25, 2001, 12:16	#9
gunplumber Arrogant Bastard Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 96 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: Surprise, AZ Posts: 15,758	1/2" .065" wall thickness DOM mld steel has worked fine. Shorten end of FH and weld to fill the amount shortened. With TAPCO's price, I see little point in the workk,. __________________ T. Mark Graham Master Gunsmith Arizona Response Systems, LLC

August 26, 2001, 21:26	#11
gunnut1 Moderator Gold Contributor FALaholic #: 1877 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: The great Republic of Texas USA!!!!! Posts: 10,427	What is DOM? and where an I get it? I want to do this my self. GP, is it possible to silver solder the FH sleeve in place using the "sweat method"? __________________ Texas, it's a state of mind!!!! The human race is not the pinnacle of evolution. We are but one evolutionary out come.

August 24, 2001, 06:53	#3
ByronF Registered FALaholic #: 630 Join Date: Aug 2000 Location: PA Posts: 3,174	No matter what you do, you'll have lots of company! Depends on whether you abide by the intent of the law or the letter or the law, I guess. Do what you want. Nobody's going to check or care, most likely.

August 24, 2001, 10:56	#4
Biskit1 Registered FALaholic #: 2493 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pleasant Grove, UT USA Posts: 82	Well, I spun the FH last night to remove the GL lug on it. Now, I'll have to bore it and sleeve it. Still wondering whether 4140 DOM will work properly as a sleeve? Tom

August 24, 2001, 11:09	#5
falo308 Registered FALaholic #: 1986 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: newark ohio Posts: 18	Why sleave it? I have a great idea- get a blank firing device from tapco and cut the end off of it or just drill out the end, this would work wouldn't it?

August 25, 2001, 08:43	#8
Biskit1 Registered FALaholic #: 2493 Join Date: Feb 2001 Location: Pleasant Grove, UT USA Posts: 82	I've left the G1 barrel lug as an "accessory" lug. The FH has a lug on it as well. That's what I've already removed. I just figured it had something to do with GL capability. I must have missed GP's part on sleeving FHs. Tom

August 25, 2001, 16:44	#10
TooTech Registered FALaholic #: 465 Join Date: Jul 2000 Location: St. Paul, MN Posts: 569	AFTER sleeving the flash hider is it possible to drill holes through the sleeve to make it function as a muzzle brake?

August 26, 2001, 23:39	#12
JimM Registered FALaholic #: 1762 Join Date: Dec 2000 Location: OK Posts: 49	DOM = drawn over mandrel Can be purchased at J&L, MSC, Travers. __________________ Jim M PCS, Inc. Industrial Metal Coating Industrial Metal Coating jameredith@mindspring.com Protect the Second Amendment!!!

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