There are smiths who have cut down the barrels withought taking it out of the receiver and they’ve done a great job, but probably the best way to do it, and the way that I think most “named” smiths will want to do it is to take the barrel out of the action and cut it down, which isn’t going to be the cheapest way to do it.
I’m going to have my own “Anti-Templar Jihad” really soon. It’s ironic that his screen name is Templar. Kind if fits in with my Jihad joke very nicely.
This AK stuff is emptying my wallet.
Since meeting Templar, Thekatar, and h8mtv and being infected by their “AK Ebola” virus I’ve got three AK projects going at once and more planned.