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<blockquote data-quote="coolhandluke" data-source="post: 3195256" data-attributes="member: 13284">Thanks GTG!I&#039;m excited to post pics of the 617 that my brother is wrapping up. I believe that it&#039;s finished with the exception of cutting the forcing cone on the barrel. IMO, it&#039;s the most impressive 617 build that I&#039;ve personally seen and this is his first attempt at it. He picked up a lathe from Harbor Freight over the holidays and has used it to shorten and lighten his cylinder, cut and thread the barrel blank as well as cutting an aluminium barrel shroud.Here&#039;s a shot of the short cylinder and lightweight barrel. The aluminum shroud (not installed in photo) is the same diameter as the frame and he is using a MaddMacc&#039;s rimfire comp as the tension nut. I&#039;ll post additional pics after it&#039;s completely finished.<img src="https://i.imgur.com/oz9YGIrh.jpg" alt="" class="fr-fic fr-dii fr-draggable " style="" />I&#039;d really like it to have a ported or comped barrel myself, but I may just leave it as is. Not really any huge need for that or a lightweight barrel since I have yet to run mine in any rimfire SC competitions.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="coolhandluke, post: 3195256, member: 13284"] Thanks GTG! I'm excited to post pics of the 617 that my brother is wrapping up. I believe that it's finished with the exception of cutting the forcing cone on the barrel. IMO, it's the most impressive 617 build that I've personally seen and this is his first attempt at it. He picked up a lathe from Harbor Freight over the holidays and has used it to shorten and lighten his cylinder, cut and thread the barrel blank as well as cutting an aluminium barrel shroud. Here's a shot of the short cylinder and lightweight barrel. The aluminum shroud (not installed in photo) is the same diameter as the frame and he is using a MaddMacc's rimfire comp as the tension nut. I'll post additional pics after it's completely finished. [IMG]https://i.imgur.com/oz9YGIrh.jpg[/IMG] I'd really like it to have a ported or comped barrel myself, but I may just leave it as is. Not really any huge need for that or a lightweight barrel since I have yet to run mine in any rimfire SC competitions. [/QUOTE]

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