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What is the correct barrel lenght for a m26. I read in painless tread that the HL pershing barrel is to fat and short. He mentioned the diameter of the barrel to be 12 tapering down to 10 mm, but no info on the barrel lenght. Anyone? ( im ditching the BB, and will make a new barrel for recoil)

TIA Dane61

Good Afternoon,
Here is the quote from the Build thread for B-12:

"Alpha,
Thank you in advance. ;o) You might look at your pink Pershing and note how the barrel of the 90mm is thicker at the mantlet then does a slight taper down and remains the same diameter from there until it reaches the muzzle brake. ( well, it would if the barrel was not shortened on yours ;o) The Tamiya barrel diameter at the mantlet is 13mm. On the HL, it is 15mm then tapers to 12mm. I don't have a Tamiya barrel to measure but the barrel diameter at the muzzle brake should be 10mm at least. I think that what makes the HL barrel look out of proportion is not so much the diameter as it is the shortened overall length."

The length of the barrel that Alpha manufactured for me including the length to insert into the air gun mechanism and the muzzle brake is 261mm.
regards,
Painless

PainlessWolf wrote:Good Afternoon,
Here is the quote from the Build thread for B-12:

"Alpha,
Thank you in advance. ;o) You might look at your pink Pershing and note how the barrel of the 90mm is thicker at the mantlet then does a slight taper down and remains the same diameter from there until it reaches the muzzle brake. ( well, it would if the barrel was not shortened on yours ;o) The Tamiya barrel diameter at the mantlet is 13mm. On the HL, it is 15mm then tapers to 12mm. I don't have a Tamiya barrel to measure but the barrel diameter at the muzzle brake should be 10mm at least. I think that what makes the HL barrel look out of proportion is not so much the diameter as it is the shortened overall length."

The length of the barrel that Alpha manufactured for me including the length to insert into the air gun mechanism and the muzzle brake is 261mm.
regards,
Painless

Dane ..this measurement is good for the recoil too.... I got the dimensions from a sample Tamiya barrel

Good Luck with your mod

ALPHA