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Hello, I have a 52c target 1956 when cleaning bore with a patch about 9 inches from chamber the rod goes easier for say inch approximately. Shoots groups .200 or less at 50 yards if I do my part fixing to shoot 100 yards and see can’t see any bulges or feel anything bore looks like glass any one seen anything like that thanks Ted
November 1, 2013
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Don’t you think .2″ speaks for itself? I’d say it did. Though a bulge in the bore is theoretically detrimental to accuracy, it often has no measureable effects, as your results demonstrate.
December 31, 2012
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My Grandsons M69-A has a large ring and buldge close to the muzzle. I thought about cutting and recrowning, but after taking it out shooting, decided to leave it alone. He can outshoot me with that rifle. Big Larry
I have an M1906 with a bulged barrel. I was concerned as well, but it shoots fine.
December 31, 2012
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It is something a collector might shy away from. I am pretty much a avid collector and would never intentionally buy a gun with a ringed or bulged bbl. They do not seem to hurt accuracy, but that is not what a true collector cares about. Most of us never shoot our colletibles. Big Larry
November 1, 2013
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Big Larry said
I am pretty much a avid collector and would never intentionally buy a gun with a ringed or bulged bbl.
Not intentionally, but until you’ve had the chance to run a tight-fitting patch down the bore–probably impossible at a gun show, for ex.–you can’t know. Not even the seller knows unless he’s done the same thing.
March 31, 2009
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Just for my benefit but what would cause a 22 to bulge a barrel?
December 31, 2012
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Usually an obstruction in the bbl. or a squib load that didn’t have enough powder to push the bullet all the way out the bbl and was fired again. Sometimes a ringed bore can be caused by a wasp or spider taking up residence in a gun bbl. Evidently, their presence in a bbl. is very acidic and can ruin a bore. I had a M69-A once that was so bad, the bullets came out wobbling and making a noise. Could not hit the broad side of a barn. No buldge, just a bad ring. Big Larry
March 31, 2009
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Thanks Larry. I have had squibs before but luckily things didn’t sound right so I found the problem before it became a real problem. I did passed out once while pheasant hunting (low blood sugar) and stuck the barrel into the mud and snow. Dad cleaned some of it out and I shot the rest clean.
December 31, 2012
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Chuck said
Thanks Larry. I have had squibs before but luckily things didn’t sound right so I found the problem before it became a real problem. I did passed out once while pheasant hunting (low blood sugar) and stuck the barrel into the mud and snow. Dad cleaned some of it out and I shot the rest clean.
Chuck, I feel your pain. I too am a diabetic and take insulin every morning. Low blood sugar can be a problem, even deadly. Big Larry
March 31, 2009
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I’m type 2 and on pills. It was a very tough walk that day with the melting snow and mud. My boots were 10″ wide. I just ran out of breakfast. Ate lunch and continued on.
December 31, 2012
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Chuck said
I’m type 2 and on pills. It was a very tough walk that day with the melting snow and mud. My boots were 10″ wide. I just ran out of breakfast. Ate lunch and continued on.
Type 2 here as well. Unfortunetly, I don’t get around to much as I have arthritis real bad in my knees. One has been replaced. I can remember trudging through the snow on the Western Slopes of Colorado deer hunting. No more of that and I cannot even walk a gun show anymore. Poor, poor, me. Ha Ha Ha !!! Big Larry
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