Bent barrel jacket

Post by **wayne** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 6:57 pm

Hi guys.. Can anyone could help me with information on how to bend the barrel jacket straight.

Post by **Bil** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 7:37 pm

In your case-get either a yugo kit or look in the FS section,there are 4 for sale as a bunch.Cut off the bent mess,use a new jacket and your frontmost piece.Yours may be fixable,but it would take a lot of work and end up not being cost effective.May I ask-was it like this when you got it? If not, what happened??!! ---bil

Post by **wayne** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:15 pm

Bill , believe it or not, I purchased it that way. I was thinking it would not be hard to bend it back. I was wrong. So I thinking someone on this site might have a better way.

Post by **Bil** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 9:54 pm

How is the rear section? If it isn't bent,the method I mentioned would work and be as cheap or cheaper than fixing yours.Save the bent part as 'found art'. ---bil

Post by **wayne** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 10:42 pm

Thanks Bill..I sound like the best way to go...

Post by **FKpt.Fritz** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:32 pm

i have a mg42 barrel jacket for sale, PM if you are interested lookes like it is needed here

Post by **flemgunner** » Sun Mar 30, 2008 11:51 pm

Looks like what you have there is a "GI fire" demil. We would do that in the desert, makes all kinds of interesting shapes out of guns.

Post by **longhorn109** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 3:27 pm

+1 to what bil said.

MG34Biker · Post by **MG34Biker** » Mon Mar 31, 2008 8:24 pm

Yeah man. Carefully cut off from the front sight base forward and weld it onto a Yugo Sarac jacket or orig. MG42 jacket.

I think that even the straightening fixture sold by RobertRTG and an oxy/acet torch couldn't fix this one.

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