Originally Posted by Kp321
Are you sure there was enough barrel diameter to thread to 5/8" and have a shoulder for the muzzle device to tighten against?

shouldn't matter . machinist should have at least communicated that fact and asked if 1/2 was acceptable.
i would shoot it and see how it does then decide on another barrel or not. the dynamics of this barrel have changed so that would be my starting point.

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