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Post by dougedwards on Sept 24, 2008 18:40:52 GMT -5
Check out this stock design on the new Swinglock muzzleloader. It is called the thumbover as instead of a hole in the stock to place your thumb while shooting you rest your thumb in the upper groove.    here is the traditional type of thumbhole stock  Notice the ramrod holder of the stock  I have ordered one of these rifles and hope to receive it by March 2009. It sure has been a long wait. It is nice being able to control the choice of stock and design, barrel manufacturer and contour as well as caliber, barrel length, along with many other facets.......I just hope it shoots as well as others have claimed it does. No matter what......it sure does look cool. Doug |
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Post by DW on Sept 24, 2008 18:46:38 GMT -5
What are some of the specs on the one you have on order Doug?
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Post by dougedwards on Sept 24, 2008 20:16:21 GMT -5
What are some of the specs on the one you have on order Doug? Dave........ After much deliberation I have ordered a 28" fluted chrome moly barrel in .375 caliber with an actual land to land measurement of .373 so my bullets will need to be sized to shoot sabotless. Also the rifling is 1 in 14 twist to shoot some of the longer and heavier bullets in that caliber. This might be in uncharted territory for Tom Post as I believe that most of his rifles are 40 and 45 caliber. He recently had a customer send him a 400 yard target with three holes measuring 1 1/2 inches apart. That is mind boggling. As I read the posts in the Smokeless section here of guys who are experimenting with their new setups I get anxious to get my hands on my new experiment. Doug |
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Post by jims on Sept 25, 2008 9:18:14 GMT -5
What a fine looking rifle. Keep us posted on loads etc.
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Post by lc on Oct 13, 2008 18:15:47 GMT -5
How is the actual land to land measurement .373 on a .375 caliber? Isn't it closer to .367 ? If it's .373 that makes groove depth of .001 or what am I missing. Polygonal barrel?
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Post by dougedwards on Oct 29, 2008 3:43:05 GMT -5
How is the actual land to land measurement .373 on a .375 caliber? Isn't it closer to .367 ? If it's .373 that makes groove depth of .001 or what am I missing. Polygonal barrel? Sorry I did not see your post until now. The term "caliber" as it refers to gun barrels can be rather confusing in this country. Most often the term is used to describe the land to land measurement of the bore. For example in most US 30 caliber rifles the land to land measurement of the bore is .30 while groove to groove it is .308 This would make sense. It gets rather confusing when the quoted caliber does NOT always reflect the true bore diameter but will sometimes indicate the outer diameter of the barrel. For example in handguns, a 44 Magnum actually has a bore measurement .429 in diameter and a 38 Special is .357 while a 357 Magnum does actually have a .357 bore diameter. Refering to my custom Swinglock rifle, we are calling it a 375 caliber when it actually has a .373 bore diameter. It is designed to shoot .375 bullets sabotless. Initially I had ordered a 375 caliber barrel from Krieger until I realized that the bore diameter was actually .366 Hope this explaination, no matter how confusing, helps a bit. Doug |
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