Square barrels?

[ebb]

Get together with the guy that wants triangular cases.

 

[Dave M.]

Jim Clark Sr made a lot of rectangular revolver barrels and for all I know Jim Jr may still produce them. I had one back in my bullseye days, shot pretty well too... John

Micro-warpage would have a much smaller effect over 4-5” revolver barrel, than it does over a 26-32” rifle barrel.

 

[Albany Mountain]

It’s May 1st, not April 1st

 

[farmerjohn]

Micro-warpage would have a much smaller effect over 4-5” revolver barrel, than it does over a 26-32” rifle barrel.

Yes and even back then Jim put a generous radius on the sharp edges of those slabs as he called them. Spect he knew about the warpage and I certainly don't want any square rifle barrels... John

 

[Will Henry]

You could make it square and rifle it straight. Then just twist it to produce the desired twist rate. I can't believe someone isn't selling these! WH

 

[Dusty Stevens]

You could make it square and rifle it straight. Then just twist it to produce the desired twist rate. I can't believe someone isn't selling these! WH

Heat it and turn it with a pipe wrench

 

[Ledd Slinger]

Can’t compare normal length 3”-5” pistol caliber barrels to rifle barrels in terms of heating. The amount of heat generated in the bore from each round of a pistol vs a rifle is immensely different. So different it’s not even on par with comparing apples and oranges, more like comparing apples to a lightning strike.

 

[Albany Mountain]

Heat it and turn it with a pipe wrench

And you could adjust it for the weight of bullets as you shoot it!

 

[ebb]

I have every diameter round nose router bit i think that has ever been made. I have an old barrel channel tool that I got from Brownell's back in the 80s and just recently a friend and i made a bunch of different sized cutters for it. I have several pipes with sandpaper glued on all for sizing a barrel channel. If barrels were square, I could just use my dado set and cut the channels on the table saw. I have a whole set of shims that will make the cut any width you could want, and the saw can be adjusted for the depth. I am really warming up to this now that i have thought about it. Bring on the square barrels!!!

 

[ryanjay11]

Remington made a kinda triangle barrel, rem 700 VTR

10+ years ago, I convinced a new shooter to try some 600 yard F-Class. He brought one of these rifles in .243. As the barrel warmed up, it climbed higher and to the right with each shot. By the end, he was shooting 6s at 2 o'clock.

 

[Ned Ludd]

Square barrels work better with fin-stabilized square bullets.

 

[Idaho-Lefty]

Some of, YOU guys, seriously have, too much Time,.. on your Hands !
Okay, I'm a little bit,.. Guilty, too ! LOL !

 

[Brians356]

Never seen anything but round on anything serious about accuracy

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