Borland,
And here I thought we was friends.
Denis
For some reason, I read that in the voice of Val Kilmer's Doc Holiday from TombstoneBorland,
And here I thought we was friends.
I'm not a big G&A or Shooting Times fan, but that was the same explanation I was given when I asked Randy Lee of Apex Tactical about the two piece barrel...and I have a lot of faith when Randy tells me stuff about revolvers.Written by a gun writer, so take it FWIW.
Another friend of mine is a Forensic Firearms Expert and had a plug made to remove a barrel.How to remove it, may be the hardest part.
I can understand your statement of more uniform barrel installation due to not having to undertorque or over torque the one piece barrel to make it perfectly align at high noon.While they did save a lot of money...either in salaries, material, or time...the end result was a better product for the consumer. This modification has pretty much put the issue of clocked barrels to bed, allows more control over barrel/cylinder gap, and makes barrel swaps much more practical.
But don’t understand the cylinder gap statement. Once either barrel is installed, how does it provide more control over cylinder gap?
Gain type rifling? Didn’t know that either!I've read that the S&W barrels are rifled with a EDM process and not friendly
to lead bullets. Also they use a Gain twist type of rifling on the super magnums.
If a gunsmith can remove the barrel then a hammer forged or premium barrel can be installed.
A barrel much better suited to shooting lead.
AFAIK, gain twist was, as suggested, limited to the über-hot magnum(s) (e.g. 460XVR)
According to the interweb, EDM rifling doesn't play well with cast bullets, presumably because the lands/grooves are shallower. But look into it, and you'll read plenty of reports that lots of people have no issues at all. All the cast bullets I've shot have shot very well out of my EDM-equipped revolvers, without leading, though in full disclosure, I've only used cast bullets when I needed to load some low-velocity target rounds. I suppose it's possible cast bullets might start jumping lands if you start pushing magnum velocities.
Having a front nut around the muzzle end of the barrel and all of it inside the barrel shroud had fewer stress pointsThis system is NOT the equal of the Dan Wesson arrangement.
How was that washer attached to barrel? Swaged? Doesn’t look like it was part of barrel or welded on.View attachment 819908
Here’s a nice picture of the barrel, barrel shroud and the flange.
Except the flange is supposed to be attached to the barrel.
Glad to hear it was integral collar. Sorry it is so thin! I would have expected thicker!Integral collar.
Other photos show a break.
Denis
It would have been unsightlyI would have expected thicker!