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DarylS
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Re: Building a .69 cal advice
17/07/12 08:54 AM

My barrel is 1 1/8" octagonal, 32" long w/breech - .690" bore with a 66" twist and .012" deep, grooves barely wider than the lands.

I am MOST excited to hear about a 4140 barrel.

If I were to do another .69, it would have a 1 3/16" bl. tapered to 1 1/16", .690" bore with an 80" twist and rifling .006" deep rifling, grooves double the width of the lands & it would be a stress relieved 4140 barrel.

If I ever replace my current .69 barrel and I might, it will be with a 1 1/8" tapered octagonal to 1 1/6" muzzle. Ed Rayle's 16 bore, ie: actually a 15 bore with .575" bore and with the above noted rifling characteristics - again, a stress relieved 4140 barrel.

The reason I hang on to my old .69, is it will still put 5 consecutive shots into 1" to 1 1/2" at 100meters off bags, & 2 to 2 1/2" at 200 yards. It's hard to discard a barrel that beats many modern guns that are using scopes.

$740.00 if compsed of good parts is INEXPENSIVE - note the capital letters.

I would estimate that most good guns today, have roughly $1,000 to 1,200 in parts depending on the wood.

My brother's rifles and smoothbores run those figures in parts alone.

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Daryl

"a gun without hammers is like a Spaniel without ears" King George V

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Building a .69 cal advice	Heath	01/07/12 04:50 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	Heath	14/07/12 12:36 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	DarylS	14/07/12 12:39 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	Heath	17/07/12 04:28 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	CowboyCS	17/07/12 06:22 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	DarylS	17/07/12 08:54 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	DarylS	21/08/12 12:45 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	Dphariss	07/07/12 03:00 PM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	DarylS	08/07/12 12:02 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	tinker	08/07/12 01:30 PM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	Dphariss	13/07/12 04:53 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	DarylS	13/07/12 06:42 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	tinker	01/07/12 06:03 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	DarylS	02/07/12 07:02 AM
Re: Building a .69 cal advice	Heath	06/07/12 01:41 PM

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