Looking forward for your testing for power with different ammo.
looks like a lot of steel , and thats a good thing.. how robust is the hammer spring ?? figured for the sidelever , it would be a beast
Fine job making the thing more accurate and consistent Ironman482. The fps spread looks really good through shots 3 & 4 for long range accuracy. Check out the taper on the lead flutes as well. They are probably going to need attention there, just like the crown did. A Morse taper #8 with some relief grinding on the big end (down to .457") should do the trick there. Did you happen get a bore diameter measurement of the slug? My bore is at least .460" but I need more slugs to test to be 100% sure. I hope the NSA slugs I ordered fly well because they only go to .457" but powder coating on them should seal things up all the way.
Looking at the last picture in the 1st post - isn't the rifling in a barrel supposed to reach all the way to the very end? Looks like a 1/4" gap of smooth steel between the end of the rifling and the end of the barrel
Quote from: bduares on October 12, 2021, 08:48:54 AMLooking at the last picture in the 1st post - isn't the rifling in a barrel supposed to reach all the way to the very end? Looks like a 1/4" gap of smooth steel between the end of the rifling and the end of the barrelI am pretty sure that's the breech end.
Quote from: Spacebus on October 12, 2021, 09:15:43 AMQuote from: bduares on October 12, 2021, 08:48:54 AMLooking at the last picture in the 1st post - isn't the rifling in a barrel supposed to reach all the way to the very end? Looks like a 1/4" gap of smooth steel between the end of the rifling and the end of the barrelI am pretty sure that's the breech end. no that is the muzzle end ,that's what AEA calls a crown, theres been a few post on this ,mine cleaned up with a dremel tool with a felt wheel and polishing compound , others have actually cut 1/2 inch or more off the end to fix it , but if it shoots good I wouldn't worry about it, definitely room for improvement " are you listening AEA ".
It's raining here , so I decided to zero the scope at 15 yrds in the shop , not good , 5 inch group at 15 , I believe the hunter supply slugs are too small ,I ck'ed them with my cheap digital calipers earlier and they measured 456-457 , so I got the made in USA omega mic and the slugs are 454- 455 mostly 454 so I ordered 3 different weights from NSA at 457 ,that's the largest he makes , I'm thinking 458 would be even better ,we'll. See