amish_rabbi Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 I have an old single stack open gun I'm working on making a minor steel gun out of that needs a cone comp. Who still makes them? I can only find a few but am wondering who I missed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
echotango Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 EGW. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoshidaex Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Brazos Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Hello: Why would it need a cone comp? Rebarrel it with a bull barrel and standard type comp. Thanks, Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 EGW also sells just the cone. That way you have your choice of comps. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
1911Prof Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 GANS guns will refit it, Gary is awesome to work with Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dranoel Posted November 16, 2018 Share Posted November 16, 2018 Briley makes a cone adapter that works well. I believe Clark does as well. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CocoBolo Posted November 18, 2018 Share Posted November 18, 2018 Dawson makes a run once in a while. I like how light my cone comp guns are the bull just a little heavy out front. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bigboy69 Posted November 19, 2018 Share Posted November 19, 2018 EGW Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tripod Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 Everglades Ammo makes them, have to email them. Not on their web site. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pskys2 Posted November 20, 2018 Share Posted November 20, 2018 If you are making a steel gun, you would save weight with a standard "match grade" barrel with bushing and a comp threaded onto the barrel past the bushing. Might even try to find an Aluminum Comp. The cone/bull barrels are heavier than a barrel with a bushing. Since you can load light, 100 grain bullets at 1100 f/s or both less even you will be needing lighter slides, barrel, comp and springs to insure functioning. Now where to find them? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amish_rabbi Posted November 21, 2018 Author Share Posted November 21, 2018 On 11/16/2018 at 8:57 AM, Aircooled6racer said: Hello: Why would it need a cone comp? Rebarrel it with a bull barrel and standard type comp. Thanks, Eric I already have a standard barrel for it and I didn't want the extra weight since it is just going to shoot minor anyways Thanks for all the suggestions I'll look them up. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aircooled6racer Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Hello: You can lighten a bull barrel pretty easily. Cone comps are not that much lighter than a bull barrel setup. Since you have the barrel already you are half way there. Thanks, Eric Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zzt Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 In my Open guns I have both type of barrels. With identical steel comps, the coned barrel is considerably lighter. BTW, I shoot major in both. If I wanted a fast transitioning steel gun, I'd send your gun, along with an EGW conversion cone and Ti Hybrid comp to Gans Guns and have him fit and align ream everything. He will work with Ti comps, as long as you agree to the extra cost and acknowledge it will come loose more often than steel. I am building a 1911 steel gun right now. I am going to experiment. The barrel that is already fit is a Trubore Blank I bought from Eric (above). He put his custom comp cuts in it. I plan to flute the barrel to remove some weight. After I'm done I plan to buy a Kart bushing barrel and do just what I recommended above. It should end up 4 or 5 oz lighter than the Trubore setup. Then I'll see how much (if any) it transitions faster. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
B_Seehawer Posted November 21, 2018 Share Posted November 21, 2018 Sent you a PM Rabbi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amish_rabbi Posted November 29, 2018 Author Share Posted November 29, 2018 On 11/21/2018 at 8:31 AM, zzt said: In my Open guns I have both type of barrels. With identical steel comps, the coned barrel is considerably lighter. BTW, I shoot major in both. If I wanted a fast transitioning steel gun, I'd send your gun, along with an EGW conversion cone and Ti Hybrid comp to Gans Guns and have him fit and align ream everything. He will work with Ti comps, as long as you agree to the extra cost and acknowledge it will come loose more often than steel. I am building a 1911 steel gun right now. I am going to experiment. The barrel that is already fit is a Trubore Blank I bought from Eric (above). He put his custom comp cuts in it. I plan to flute the barrel to remove some weight. After I'm done I plan to buy a Kart bushing barrel and do just what I recommended above. It should end up 4 or 5 oz lighter than the Trubore setup. Then I'll see how much (if any) it transitions faster. that would be an interesting gun. I ended up running some minor through the current 38 super barrel and it runs just fine so I'll stick with it as is for now and keep this barrel around for a conversion cone and perhaps the binary engineering comp, that one has always interested me. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.