If you can't tell, I'm interested in doing some work on Howa's! I'm fairly new to machining, and the chambering process on a barrel blank is fairly intimidating. I'd like to rebarrel a Howa, but it's crazy expensive since they use metric threads.
I have a decent lathe, and I was wondering if I could make a barrel nut similar to the ones used on the savages. I would either re-cut the action to accept savage threads (if there is room), and use a standard Savage barrel nut; or if there is not room, I would order up a barrel with the Howa metric threads and make my own barrel nut.
Is this a reasonable thing to do?
I have a decent lathe, and I was wondering if I could make a barrel nut similar to the ones used on the savages. I would either re-cut the action to accept savage threads (if there is room), and use a standard Savage barrel nut; or if there is not room, I would order up a barrel with the Howa metric threads and make my own barrel nut.
Is this a reasonable thing to do?