Quote Originally Posted by Calfed View Post



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"'I think a lot of the reason the old milsurps do better is because the RemWinBy guy all want a featherweight barrel, preferably fluted.

There is truth in that, but the old military barrels are fairly narrow profiles also.

I used to think that until I had a Douglas #3 "medium sporter" barrel put on a Mexican Mauser. That is what they used to call a semi-bull barrel. When I fitted a nice Swede stock to that gun the barrel was loose in the channel, way more so than a standard step barrel.

I've noticed on a lot of those old long rifles, once you get them good and hot they will just put one shot after another into practically the same hole. Too bad that's such a great way to shoot out those old mild steel barrels!

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