Took a hacksaw to my Ruger American 22 Magnum
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Whacked the barrel back to 16 1/2".
Took it to the range today to see what kind of damage I did. Fired these without changing anything .. at all 50 yards.
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Then I sat a 5.56 empty on the backstop .. fired one shot ..
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Looks like I did not mess it up too badly.