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Doubs · 01-11-2004, 02:06 PM

<blockquote>quote:<hr />Originally posted by G. van Vlimmeren:
Could it be that the barrel was shortened slightly to meet some country's legal specs?<hr /></blockquote>IMO, no. The counter-bore is usually (always?)an indication of damage repair. The crown may have been harmed in some fashion or the rifling may have been damaged.

If the barrel had been shortened to meet a length requirement, there would have been no need to counter-bore the rifling as deeply as was done.

01-11-2004, 02:06 PM	#8
Doubs User Join Date: Jun 2002 Location: Byron, Georgia Posts: 1,744 Thanks: 828 Thanked 1,794 Times in 592 Posts	</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">Originally posted by G. van Vlimmeren: <strong>Could it be that the barrel was shortened slightly to meet some country's legal specs?</strong></font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana,Tahoma,Arial,Helvetica,Geneva">IMO, no. The counter-bore is usually (always?)an indication of damage repair. The crown may have been harmed in some fashion or the rifling may have been damaged. If the barrel had been shortened to meet a length requirement, there would have been no need to counter-bore the rifling as deeply as was done.