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Flintfan
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360 black powder express twist rate
11/08/15 04:15 AM

Greetings. I'm new to this forum and am hoping someone on here might be able to help me out with some information. I recently acquired a H&H 360 miniature express rifle, which was made in 1877. It is a project gun due to the fact that at some point in the the rifle's life someone took a square end reamer and lengthened the chamber by roughly 1/2". I can only guess as to why someone might have done that, but I would say that someone did it in the attempt to chamber more common 9.3x74 ammo. Regardless, I would like to bring this back to original chamber specs, which I think my only option is to do a full barrel reline (other opinions welcome on that point).

I know I can get a 9.3mm (.366 groove dia.) liner made. My question to others on this forum is what would be a good twist rate. I measured the twist in my rifle, and was surprised to find it measured 1-46, which was much slower than I was expecting to find. On another forum an owner of a German rifle in 9.3mm-57R relayed that his twist rate was 1-15, and was very accurate with a 200 gr bullet. I am hoping others on this forum might have British made 360 BPE rifles and could tell me what their twist rates are. It seems to me a faster twist rate would be more versatile with the 190-210 gr bullets that this cartridge was also loaded with. Since the originality of this rifle has already been compromised with the messed with chamber, having the barrel relined with a more optimum twist rate won't keep me up at night. I look forward to your suggestions

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360 black powder express twist rate	Flintfan	11/08/15 04:15 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	rigbymauser	11/08/15 04:54 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Flintfan	11/08/15 06:39 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	DarylS	11/08/15 09:37 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	3DogMike	11/08/15 01:06 PM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Huvius	11/08/15 02:44 PM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Flintfan	11/08/15 09:21 PM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	CptCurl	11/08/15 09:16 PM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Flintfan	11/08/15 09:37 PM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	DarylS	12/08/15 12:08 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Flintfan	12/08/15 12:58 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	3DogMike	12/08/15 01:49 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	CptCurl	13/08/15 01:05 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Flintfan	13/08/15 02:34 AM
Re: 360 black powder express twist rate	Huvius	11/08/15 06:02 AM

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