3D printing is definitely an option. I’m meeting the aforementioned teammate in Colorado Springs this weekend. It’s always a good opportunity to head to Colpar’s Hobbies in Aurora. For anyone who is ever in the Denver area it’s worth the trip.
Should the 3D experiment fail I do have a back up plan.
I took a chance and purchased this hoping the muzzle brake might work:
And it turns out it does have some potential. So after assembling the gun portion of the Heller SPG (which needs a lot of work, more later) it was time to see what I might have to resort to.
Here’s what needs to be done to the barrel first:
Here’s the muzzle from the kit:
And here’s what needs to be done to get pretty close. Better at least than the ridiculous looking one supplied in the AEF Designs kit above, which only had seven slots anyway.
Most of the dimensions are at least correct. So armed with a micrometer my friend will see if he can design and print something a little better.
Here’s what I’m shooting for:
