BamaGreg
Bearcat
One of these is for sale near me. Anyone got one?
Try to understand that such firearms are 'TOOLS' rather than display items. Ugly is in the eye of the buyer.
Looks to me like they added an unnecessary muzzle weight. There were a lot of options to configuring this "TOOL" that didn't include a sudden transition to a thicker barrel at the muzzle end.
I've threaded multiple barrels for use with extended muzzle accessories.There isn't a lot of meat on a standard barrel in the first place. Cut some threads into it and I'd think you would be getting pretty thin. Do you think for just a second that is why they had to do what they did?
I'd be curious to hear some of your ideas on how to accomplish the threading without bumping up the barrel diameter…
... One barrel maker even states that there's a real possibility of having the muzzle 'blossom' when fired w/o a muzzle device/suppressor mount threaded on if there isn't sufficient thickness at the threads.
I had a .308 Remington factory barrel threaded 9/16 x 24 due to the overall muzzle diameter being too small to get a good shoulder behind 5/8 x 24 threads and the gunsmith 'suggested' that I not shoot it w/o the suppressor mount installed...