L2A3 barrel and bayonet info

[mjhenks]

Hey guy's. Continuing on my L2A3 build. (Not going to be converted to an E-11 but be displayed as a L2A3.)

Anyway. My parts kit did not come with a barrel. Can not afford a real one and really do not want one anyway. Going to make a solid aluminum one. Anyone have a barrel they would be willing to measure for me? Just all the outside features.

Also, anyone have a trashed No.5 bayonet or a resin one? I know re-pop's are under $50 but my budget is limited. Hoping to get my hands on a bayonet to properly place the bayonet lug.

Thanks

M

 

[exoray]

Hey guy's. Continuing on my L2A3 build. (Not going to be converted to an E-11 but be displayed as a L2A3.)

Anyway. My parts kit did not come with a barrel. Can not afford a real one and really do not want one anyway. Going to make a solid aluminum one. Anyone have a barrel they would be willing to measure for me? Just all the outside features.

Also, anyone have a trashed No.5 bayonet or a resin one? I know re-pop's are under $50 but my budget is limited. Hoping to get my hands on a bayonet to properly place the bayonet lug.

Well if no one gets you the measurements for the barrel I try to get it tomorrow...

As for the bayonet the real ones are worth gold even in the trashed state, a repo is your best bet...

 

[exoray]

Here is the barrel profile, don't have the actual parts handy right now, but this at least gives you and idea on the profile and overall shape...

 

[cheech9898]

Overall total length: 7.849 inches
Rear circular support/chamber area diameter: 1.367 inches
" Flat area to opposite far side of circle: 1.224 inches
" Support area is 0.25 inches thick
Barrel length between front support and rear support: 7.027 inches
Barrel diameter tapers from 0.701 inches in back to 0.600 inches in front
Front support bar: 0.312 inches thick
" circular end diameter: 1.324 inches
" width across top/bottom flats: 0.677 inches
" setback of front of bar from end of barrel: @ 0.25 inches
" bolt holes set approx 0.956 inches apart & threaded for metric head cap screws that go on from the outside and seen on the 'nose cap' of the casing

 

[mjhenks]

Thanks guy's. I think with this and the images from TGOD i can make a resonable stand in.

Your also right on the No.5. They are expensive. I may have to just go for it with the bayonet lug and hope for the best...

 

[Trotsky]

Look for RFI ones, they are the Indians models, same thing but alot cheaper because they are more common. Quality is roughly the same.

 

[Darth Stone]

Well, I don't have a L2A3 bayonet. But I do have the rest all fixed up. Started from a de-commissioned parts kit for my display Sterling. I don't have any real plans to turn it into an E-11 either even though I do have all of the correct parts to do so. When I rebuilt it I resisted the urge to' "restore" the piece. Instead going for a used and beat up look that it already had going on.