Mental moment, should I convert one of my Webleys to .25?

[look no hands]

Does the barrel end get machined to form the hole for the tap or does it bottom in a counterbore with a short plain bore in front of the tap? Either way has serious problems to overcome. If plain bore before barrel it would need opening out to .25 and would thus be irreversible. If it forms part of the bore for the tap then the radius would have to be machined after the barrel was fittedwhich would be nigh on impossible to do and retain the tolerance for the tap. I think its a non starter for a tap loader personally.

Regards Max

Hopefully here's a link to one that's been removed.

https://www.airgunspares.com/bgwt019...22-barrel.html

[maximus]

Well it doesn't have a rad to match the tap on the end so either it sits in a counterbore and there is a small plain bore before the pellet reaches the barrel which would need opening upto .25. or you screw the barrel in till it butt's up against the tap to form a seal but then you probably couldn't open the tap for interference from the barrel. You would clearly see the end of the barrel with the tap removed if this was the case.