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Marrakai
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Re: Building a Bore Rifle....
      27/06/21 11:52 AM

The problem with using a modern-made rifled 20ga barrel blank(s) may be that most are rifled with twist rates for sabot use, and have enfield-style lands and grooves.

Slow-twist rifling for round-ball or stubby slug would be my preference, along with wide grooves and steep narrow lands in keeping with period profiles for BP and lead-bullet bore rifles of ~120 years past.

For some reason the latter is hard to find off the shelf, impossible to find on this side of the pond unfortunately.
I am on quest for a 16-bore barrel blank myself!
Did somebody say howdah pistol....?

The other option may be to make a button for an oval-bore barrel. Less BP fouling, potentially....

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* Building a Bore Rifle.... Longknife 27/06/21 02:12 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... LRF   27/06/21 11:13 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Marrakai   27/06/21 11:52 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... LRF   27/06/21 09:25 PM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... 260rem   28/06/21 11:01 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Tom_H   28/06/21 09:57 PM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... EDELWEISS   29/06/21 12:27 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Huvius   29/06/21 12:44 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Tom_H   29/06/21 01:39 PM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Longknife   30/06/21 12:34 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Tom_H   30/06/21 01:00 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Longknife   01/07/21 01:25 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Marrakai   01/07/21 06:57 PM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... Longknife   03/07/21 01:07 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... 260rem   30/06/21 12:55 AM
. * * Re: Building a Bore Rifle.... LRF   27/06/21 10:56 AM

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