The Frontier Sixshooter Community Message Board - The news is fortuitus

The news is fortuitus (reply)

Bob Hatfield — Thu, 15 Oct 2026 00:05:19 +0000

My semi-auto UZI that I assembled from a kit about 10 years ago has a 16-inch barrel with a bulge from a squib about 3 inches back from the muzzle. Now I can hacksaw it off at the 10-inch mark. Same with a semi-auto Sten I assembled.

Sweet! (nm) (reply)

Paul — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 01:55:10 +0000

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My Contender with a folding stock just got more interesting. (reply)

Andrew — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:49:02 +0000

I am stocking uip on hacksaw blades ... (reply)

JimT — Wed, 14 Oct 2026 00:39:48 +0000

with a conversion in mind. Years ago I saw this:

Model 92 Winchester factory 12" .44-40

I want to make one in .357 ... most likely on a Rossi. Or a Marlin 1894 if I can get a deal on one.

With the demise of the ban on sub-16" barrels...

Paul — Tue, 13 Oct 2026 22:01:21 +0000

and the new guidelines on formerly verboten firearms, I find myself fantasizing a bit... and no, nothing to do with CQB door kicking 11.5" carbines. Years ago my eyes fell upon a 15" bull barrel Winchester 1885 in 25-35 caliber in the NW Colorado Cowboys and Gunfighters Museum in Craig, CO. And it's been nibbling at the back of my brain pan ever since. There's just something appealing (to yours truly, at least) about that setup. Nice and compact. And it is a "one of one" rifle as it's the only such ever built by Winchester. Replicating it, even in a modern clone, was out due to the NFA's ban on doing so. But now, thanks to the new guidelines, the only thing holding me back is excessive lack of funds to follow up on the urge. And the more I think on it, the more I think that such a rifle built with an integral silencer would be "even cooler", if that's possible.