[twoblink]

I'm just wondering, are there any Revolvers that use poly rifling instead of land and groove?

[10-Ring]

Just wondering why??? Wouldn't it then make the revo more sensitive to shooting lead like the semis? I'd be curious to find out if one existed as well...

[MoNsTeR]

Peters Stahl sells polygonally-rifled revolver barrels. I have no idea how to get ahold of one in the US though.

[twoblink]

I was just curious..

Poly is suppose to be a little more accurate, and way easier to clean, but then you couldn't shoot lead (not that big of a deal in semi's but a HUGE deal in revolvers) and I was just wondering if someone did this..

[larryw]

Polygonal barrels are easier to clean and loads read over my chrony are faster than with standard rifling. I've read about the accuracy claims, but I can't offer first-hand experience there.

You need to be careful about excessive leading from soft bullets causing pressure problems. I've taken to shooting a great deal of hard lead out of my polygonal barreled USPs (operative word here is "hard"); I get zero leading with the super hard Oregon Trail LaserCast bullets.

[Robert inOregon]

Closest thing to it is Smith & Wesson uses a slightly rounded edge in their rifling to control leading.

[9mmepiphany]

isn't it interesting about leading and ploygonal rifling?

when it was used in muzzle loading/black powder days, it was used to reduce fouling and ease cleaning ...with the pure lead slugs :confused:

[Thirties]

Is lead fouling a problem with all polygonal rifled barrels, or only on Glocks?

I've seen a Glock 21 barrel and it's completely different from a CZ-83 9x18 polygonal rifled barrle. The Glock looks almost square, while the CZ-83 in 9x18 looks almost like a smooth bore (round).

Anyone have any solid info on leading in diffent types of polygonal barrles?

[Intel6]

When I was stationed in Berlin, Germany there was a fellow shooter who had his S&W686 customized by Joe Peters and it had one of his barrels. Shot just like any other revolver.

When I first got my Performance Center 627 it sure looked like it had a Polygonal rifled barrel, very smooth.