Tuning Carbon Fiber sleeve for Texan .750 to 1.00inch pictures simple

[RM.510bigbore]

Had my Texan tore down . I wanted to post some pics to try to simplify the ease and significantly add strength and full length bushing in youR frame. The sleeve is .250 thick 1.00inch outside and .750 inside the barrel is .750 outside diameter. The frame is 1.005 inside You have 5 thousands wiggle room just enough to slide in. Use your two end cap grub screws on the frame to make perfectly tight. Sorry I didn't save the place I bought the sleeve from but the hardest part was convert mm to stand measurements. The sleeve was a $100.00 a year ago and was long enough to do 2 barrels. Thought this might help some of my friends on within nation. Good day

 

[biohazardman]

That is one thick piece of carbon fiber! Should add more than a bit of stability to things.

 

[Chickenthief]

Have you seen barrel harmonicas change in any way?

Going from finicky of most bullets to shooting most all better than fine?

 

[RM.510bigbore]

Yes there is a change in harmonic especially when you hang a big long heavy 17 inch LDC on the end of it. In 50 cal you only have .250 steel and that's not much. I think that's why so many people love there.257 texans. Its just works out to a smaller hole and more metal stiffer barrel. 34 inch barrel .510 inside diameter .750 outside diameter in my mind sitting on 2 little brushing is not stiff . Everything with my barrel has been much more consistent with the .250 thick carbon wrap and power coating all my cast slugs. 

 

[Bobr]

How long was your barrel? And what length did you cut the carbon fiber to? Looked at some online and big price for the stiffest 

tube .around $130 for the other kind

 

[RM.510bigbore]

My barrel is factory 34 inches long. I dnt have the barrel in front of me to measure the length to the front bushing. If my memory serves me 15 to 18 inchs. $130 with inflation is probably right. It was $100 say 36 inches long a year ago prices. 

 

[Greg_E]

Was that a friction fit or did you epoxy the sleeve?

 

[RM.510bigbore]

It was tight snug fit but I still added a little epoxy. The Donny FL or the thread protector is tensioned to the same spot each time with a indexing mark.

 

[RM.510bigbore]

You can now buy a carbon fiber barrel Texan kit from African Air Ordinance for $125.00 I don't know how thick there cf sleeve is. Hope this helps.someone

 

[Greg_E]

I may end up putting a sleeve on my Hammer, it if has a barrel worth the upgrade. Pretty thin like so many airguns. Just need to figure out how to put the breech o ring in place.