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Old 04-17-2012 | 08:07 PM
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Originally Posted by Semisane
I didn't have anything but a standard tape measure with me. But as near as I could tell with the tape the land to land diameter was 15/32" and groove to groove 9/16".
MAN...that would account for some awfully deep rifling!

9/16 groove depth (.562) - 15/32 land diameter (.468) = 3/32 (.094) rifling depth!

What the heck did they use for patch material... Rawhide?
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