the shooter Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 i am looking to get a cz542 .22lr for bunny busting as the rounds are a lot cheaper than my .17hmr but want it to be short as i want to use it out of my truck and find my .17 can be a bit clumsey. a smith said he could cut it down to a 12'' barrel and it would still be fine but someone else said not to go below 16''. wot are your thoughts please. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 Anschutz have (had) a 14" standard barrel. I've never had one less than 16", others will no doubt chip in here. There is also a fair bit of history on this subject, trake a look! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
apache Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 CZ make them in both 20" and 16" variants - just buy a short one! Will cost you a little more, but only around ~£40 and you'd never get it shortened, threaded and proofed for that! Simples Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cleaner4hire Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 i had mine taken down to 12.5" a few weeks ago with no problems. It handles so much better in the car Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vmax55 Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 both of mine are cut at 14" superb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
the shooter Posted February 27, 2011 Author Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 12.5'' sounds good to me. the smith said i could take up to 10% off i think before it has to be re-proofed. my .17hmr has a 20'' barrel and my brother has the same rifle but with a 16'', it shoots the same groups out to well over 100 yards but it feels so much better balanced and more usable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dekers Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 (edited) 12.5'' sounds good to me. the smith said i could take up to 10% off i think before it has to be re-proofed. my .17hmr has a 20'' barrel and my brother has the same rifle but with a 16'', it shoots the same groups out to well over 100 yards but it feels so much better balanced and more usable. That's a new one to me, next time your there ask him where he gets his information. Cheers Edited February 27, 2011 by Dekers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
THEINVISIBLESCARECROW Posted February 27, 2011 Report Share Posted February 27, 2011 My HMR is the 16" version, my 22lr originaly was 21" but now chopped to 14", much nicer & shoots well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave 101 Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 You wil need at least 14" of barrel to allow all the powder to burn , you dont have to have the barrel reproofed so long as you dont sell it , cutting it to 12" is the absolute legal minimum , should you need to recrown at some point you would be stuffed as you cant go below the 12" its at so its best to stay above that . Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billy. Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 Do what I did and take a hacksaw and bench grinder to the barrel. It was to my S/A and it's got a 12.5" barrel and shoots lovely Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colster Posted February 28, 2011 Report Share Posted February 28, 2011 (edited) I have a 20" HMR and 16" LR as I don't use the HMR for lamping very often. However when I do the 16" certainly is easier to manage but it doesn't need to be any shorter than that. I'd have the barrel checked to see if it's choked as CZ say that some of their barrels are. I'm not sure if this is true but it would be worth checking. If you have the barrel cut down, you would need it re-proofing if you intend to sell the gun, regardless of how much has been cut. I'd go with what Apache said and just buy it in 16" to start with. Edited February 28, 2011 by Colster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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