Reaction of Luger barrel to torque of firing?

[Wilhelm]

I wondered why my FAL barrel fell off at the range the other day....now I know. IMO whoever came up with such a goofy theory needs to collect and intellectualize (is that even a word???) a little less and pull the trigger a little more. But then, I'm a cretin.

P.S. I am being nice and I am playing well with others. But the fact is that shooting your barrel loose IS crazy talk!!

[LugerVern]

Originally Posted by Wilhelm

IMO whoever came up with such a goofy theory needs to collect and intellectualize (is that even a word???) a little less and pull the trigger a little more

I tend to agree, there have been many combination guns made that only require a hand tightening of the barrels. They don't shoot loose even in the bigger calibers.

If it does happen, it must be a special circumstance, that is why I suggested initial forcing cone roughness, just a WAG, no proof.

Still, there are a lot of lugers that show a slipped barrel, it might also be that this was done to bring it to point of aim. Even though we have very clear testing procedures not everything is written down. Knowledge of the craft is used in almost every profession, its just impossible to write every thing down that may be required to be done.

Vern