[Sniper4Life]

I am arguing with a friend about this, I always thought that the rifling was rifling and the threading was done so a sinlencer could be attached. He says the rifling in a pistol is called threading. So am I right?

[Dain Bramage]

You are correct. Threading is just external grooves at the muzzle for attaching something. Rifling is internal grooves to stabilize the projectile.

[TallPine]

Hah :) I never thought about this...

But it is still called "rifling" in a handgun barrel. The British would probably call it "bullet spinning grooves" or something like that.

It is sort of like "shipping" something by truck ;)

[kingpin008]

"Threading" refers to the outside of the barrel, as in "The barrel is threaded to accept a suppressor.

"Rifling" refers to the grooves a bullet engages on the inside of a barrel.

You are victorious.:D

[Jim Watson]

That guy is not worth arguing with. He probably gets all his firearms expertise from the movies and watches the villain screwing his silencer INTO the muzzle of his gun.

[TimboKhan]

That guy is not worth arguing with. He probably gets all his firearms expertise from the movies and watches the villain screwing his silencer INTO the muzzle of his gun.

Oh, that seems harsh. I have been around guns a long, long time now and I have said some pretty dumb things on occasion.

[Sniper4Life]

Thanks guys, I didnt know about the silencer, having never owned one. He has a .45 and brags about how he can get seven shots into a 4 in circle at 25yds. I call that "real" accuracy;) But whenever I offer to come to his house and shoot he declines. Idk why. And he told me that a .45 has alot of recoil is that true?

Sorry for my ignorance

[jlbraun]

Y'all are wrong. The grooves in a rifle barrel are called "rifling". The grooves in a pistol barrel are called "pistoling" or "revolving", depending.

:neener:

[PotatoJudge]

Recoil is relative. I wouldn't call it "a lot," but if it's the biggest he's shot then it's "a lot" to him.

[Titan6]

It is the ''arm thingee that you push down''.

[Mal H]

A little (uncalled for) etymology: The firearm called a "rifle" is called that because it has grooves in the bore, however the grooves themselves are not called "rifling" simply because they are in a firearm called a rifle.

The original word was the German for groove - "rifeln", that's what started all the confusion 2 or 3 centuries ago! :)

[Wing Nut]

It is the ''arm thingee that you push down''.

Priceless.
I loved the look on her face....

[Majic]

Well actually rifling is just a specialized thread cut into the bore of the barrel so you both are right. By definition a thread is a continuous helical or spiral groove cut into an object. So you can see how the rifling fits into that catergory.

[tydephan]

A little (uncalled for) etymology: The firearm called a "rifle" is called that because it has grooves in the bore, however the grooves themselves are not called "rifling" simply because they are in a firearm called a rifle.

The original word was the German for groove - "rifeln", that's what started all the confusion 2 or 3 centuries ago!

Leave it to Mal to actually introduce FACT into a thread. :neener:

I am arguing with a friend about this, I always thought that the rifling was rifling and the threading was done so a sinlencer could be attached. He says the rifling in a pistol is called threading. So am I right?

Try to show some tact and humility during your "na-na-ne-boo-boo...stick your head in p..." song and dance when you set him straight.

[arthurcw]

Quote:
It is the ''arm thingee that you push down''.

Priceless.
I loved the look on her face....

Ok... what did I just miss?

[AndyC]

Carolyn McCarthy (D-NY) getting nailed to the wall by a reporter when he asked her what a barrel-shroud is and why she wants to ban them ;)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D9wxzmBW2fs

[MachIVshooter]

By definition a thread is a continuous helical or spiral groove cut into an object. So you can see how the rifling fits into that catergory.

Screw 3b) the act of sprialing, twisting or moving like this.

I propose that the term "riflling" be changed to "screwing" in order to alleviate confusion about the type of firearms in which the spiral grooved barrel is used.:neener:

[Kimber1911_06238]

what a silly question, it's called pistoling :neener:

[BobMcG]

Unless I'm mistaken, the original question was (is) "Is rifling in a pistol called threading?". Doesn't sound like the OP was asking for the definition from a dictionary or technical explanation of the terms rifling and threading. I read it as they were simply asking what it is called. I don't know about anyone other than myself and I suppose a relatively small group of others but I've never heard of the lands and groves in any barrel as being referred to as anything other than rifling.

Does anyone in here actually know of someone (including themselves) that routinely refers to the lands and groves in a pistol as threading when talking about it? :scrutiny:

[Fly320s]

Bob, I think they were joking.