I bought a 6.5 caliber remage barrel from a quality manufacturer of button barrels.
it was supposed to be a 1/8 twist.
after trying to break the barrel in it was not shooting well... and I already had the exact same barrel / caliber / etc from the same mfg just in a different contour
velocity was much slower 150fps slower and needed almost 2 grains more powder to get that velocity back and each charge increment in the new barrel resulted in a velocity gain about half of the velocity increment vs the old barrel..
didn't group.. at all.. a 7 charge ladder at 100 yards through 2 possible 3 known accuracy node velocities .. no rounds closer than .5 inches to each other and the full group over 2" across closer to 2.5"
cleaning the barrel, a bronze brush felt like it was less tight than in my previous barrel the bristles would walk the barrel while it had some push in my old barrel.. its a .25 otis brush and the package says up to 6.5mm.. and have used them on the old barrel just fine.. don't like tight bronze brushes.. i normally don't use the bronze and just use nylon but broke it out thinking that I wasn't getting all the fouling out..
but here is the REALLY interesting part...
it was supposed to be 1/8 .. but taking a nylon brush and a ball bearing rod to several places in the barrel.. it was dead nuts 1 / 8.5 not off by a little.. perfect 8.5 twist.. WTF
now here is the really weird part... the mfg DOES NOT OFFER a 1/8.5 twist in this caliber... they offer 8.5 in 6mm and 7mm but not 6.5... they don't have a 6.5 1/8.5 button?
so HOW THE HELL did this get done..
was this a properly gun drilled and honed 6.5 blank that had a 6.5 cal 8 twist button pulled by a machine set with cams to twist and pull at at 8.5 rate? can you say stress
was it a 6.5 sized barrel that had a 6mm or 7mm 8.5 twist button pulled through it.. since it feels loose it would have to be a 7mm I would think.. as a 6mm button would leave the barrel tight/undersized and its definitely loose.. even more stress on the steel if it was a 7mm pulled through a 6.5?
anyone want to venture a guess on what the hell went wrong here..
the barrel went back... but I just can't get my head around how this could have been done...
moreover.. was it dangerous.. I would think that the additional stresses might compromise the grain of the barrel weakening it significantly ...
it was supposed to be a 1/8 twist.
after trying to break the barrel in it was not shooting well... and I already had the exact same barrel / caliber / etc from the same mfg just in a different contour
velocity was much slower 150fps slower and needed almost 2 grains more powder to get that velocity back and each charge increment in the new barrel resulted in a velocity gain about half of the velocity increment vs the old barrel..
didn't group.. at all.. a 7 charge ladder at 100 yards through 2 possible 3 known accuracy node velocities .. no rounds closer than .5 inches to each other and the full group over 2" across closer to 2.5"
cleaning the barrel, a bronze brush felt like it was less tight than in my previous barrel the bristles would walk the barrel while it had some push in my old barrel.. its a .25 otis brush and the package says up to 6.5mm.. and have used them on the old barrel just fine.. don't like tight bronze brushes.. i normally don't use the bronze and just use nylon but broke it out thinking that I wasn't getting all the fouling out..
but here is the REALLY interesting part...
it was supposed to be 1/8 .. but taking a nylon brush and a ball bearing rod to several places in the barrel.. it was dead nuts 1 / 8.5 not off by a little.. perfect 8.5 twist.. WTF
now here is the really weird part... the mfg DOES NOT OFFER a 1/8.5 twist in this caliber... they offer 8.5 in 6mm and 7mm but not 6.5... they don't have a 6.5 1/8.5 button?
so HOW THE HELL did this get done..
was this a properly gun drilled and honed 6.5 blank that had a 6.5 cal 8 twist button pulled by a machine set with cams to twist and pull at at 8.5 rate? can you say stress
was it a 6.5 sized barrel that had a 6mm or 7mm 8.5 twist button pulled through it.. since it feels loose it would have to be a 7mm I would think.. as a 6mm button would leave the barrel tight/undersized and its definitely loose.. even more stress on the steel if it was a 7mm pulled through a 6.5?
anyone want to venture a guess on what the hell went wrong here..
the barrel went back... but I just can't get my head around how this could have been done...
moreover.. was it dangerous.. I would think that the additional stresses might compromise the grain of the barrel weakening it significantly ...
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