Copied text in double brackets. This text is from my post in the thread "Buying tomorrow - help". It was response to a statement by Triple Seven that just doesn't seem logical to me. Wanted to start a new thread as it really wasn't on topic.
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ORIGINAL: cascadedad
ORIGINAL: Triple Se7en
The secret to T/C tight boreswith Omegasis their outstanding accuracy.
Your statement makes no sense. Did you intend to say, "The secret to the Omega's oustanding acuracy is the T/C tight bore."? If not, I don't understand. If so, how do you explain the White System's excellent accuracy with a slip fit bullet? The range rod weight is enough to seat a conical. I have tried .5040 and .5045 diameter conicals in 300 gr up to 620 grains. They all shoot excellent and powder charge does not matter. I and others shoot anywhere from 70 to 120 gr of powder. I personally have shot without a wad, with a wad and with cornmeal. Not muchof a difference. Sabots also shoot excellent. They take a little more pressure to seat, but are definitely not tight.
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So, Triple Seven or others, what are your thoughts. I am only speaking from my experience and things I have read that were written by Doc White as well as others on this and other message boards.
Logic tells me that the tightness of the projectile to barrel probably does play into accuracy, but it is only one parameter. But, just because you have a tight fit does not ensure accuracy. Also, just because you have a loose fit, does not ensure you won't have accuracy.
On this board, Cayugad can attest to the great accuracy of the slip-fit conicals in the White. He has tried many, many different combinations of bullets, powders, wads/buffers, etc. I think maybe even a few saboted bullets. I am serious, you can easily start the bullet with your pinky finger and seat it with the weight of your range rod. Actually, I have been using a 3/16" thick wad and seating that prior to inserting the bullet, so maybe it does take a slight force on the rod to seat the bullet if the wad is not used.
As for saboted bullets, Sabotloader has likewise experienced similar success. As I said, the saboted bullets I have shot take a little more pressure and do require swabbing between shots or every other shot for me to get accuracy, but they are not tight.
For any of you new guys, you can do a search back through Cayugad's and Sabotloader's posts and find pictures and writeups of the results.
For those of you not familiar, the barrels on the White's are marked as (.504"). All three that I have, including my dad's, load the sameand shoot the same. Most folks seem to shoot a conical sized to .5040, but some prefer one sized at .5045, which provides a little more engraving, but doesn't seem to affect accuracy at all.