Polygonal rifling in Baby Eagle?

[mattdus]

I have a chance to get a good deal on a Baby Eagle in .45acp, I have been told that this gun uses Polygonal rifling. I have disassembled the pistol and examined the bore, the rifling looks the same to me as standard rifling. I have 2 questions on this. does Polygonal rifling look basically the same as normal lands and groves or is it possible that this particular pistol has a normal barrel? Second question is in regards to shooting cast led rounds through this weapon, is it unsafe to do at all or possibly OK in small amounts with low powered rounds?
I have read the owners manual and it does not state that it is unsafe to fire cast lead, although there is the usual bit about not using reloads at all due to voiding the warranty (basically CYA on manufactures part)

quote from owners manual- Use only original, high quality, commercially
manufactured ammunition which is in good condition.
Only use ammunition of the caliber for which your
pistol is chambered. You will find the correct caliber
engraved on the side of the firearm. Never use
ammunition of any other caliber. You should always
use ammunition that complies with performance
standards established by The Sporting Arms and
Ammunition Manufacturers’ Institute, Inc. The use of
hand-loaded or other non-standard
ammunition will void all warranties.

I save almost $80 per 500 rounds by reloading Cast led instead of jacketed, and $80 makes the difference between going to the range every few weeks or every few months.

all thoughts and opinions gladly accepted
Matt

 

[rde]

I could be wrong but as I understand it they stopped using the poly barrels recently. The newest models should not have it. But I don't have a good source to give definate verification.

 

[mattdus]

found picture of polygonal rifling

I found a picture of a polygonal bore, this gun Does NOT have pollygonal rifling.

thank you for looking anyway.

 

[rockstar.esq]

The internet hogwash about guns blowing up from shooting lead is as lame as thinking that fleas cause dogs! Please to note that bullets were originally made of lead and that jacketed ammo came along later. The blowing up / damaging of firearms due to lead came about the same time that somebody figured running a jacketed bullet after leading up the barrel would shorten the cleaning time. Well there isn't much point to clean a blown barrel so I guess they get thier wish. In my experience, leading really isn't that big a problem. Most manufacturers won't load a lead bullet with a super high velocity because the base of the bullet gets so badly melted. If you do want to shoot both ammo types, I'd reccomend you clean in between or if you aren't shooting too much of either, shoot the jacketed first and the lead thereafter. Although stories abound of blown barrels from sending a jacketed bullet down a leaded bore, I have yet to hear of a case where the damage occured from a lead bullet in a copper fouled barrel.

 

[joeoim]

mattdus,

I have a baby eagle and they are a very good and accurate pistol.

Mine has a polygonal barrel.

Polygonal barrel's are a shape, rather than rifling. When it was new it looked like a smooth bore. They are more prone to leading than a rifled barrel. Highly accurate, supposed to wear less and its harder to trace the bullet back to (gun control tried to get polygonal barrels banned because of this).

Last year I looked at a baby eagle and noticed they are rifling the barrels now.

Buy it. You will like it. Mine can get extremely dirty and still function.

Joe

 

[mattdus]

well, I got it, I traded a RIA 1911 for it and like it. at local prices I could almost buy 2 RIA 1911's for what they get for the eagle.