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54 cal. T/C night hawk

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Old 02-19-2009 | 12:56 PM
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Default 54 cal. T/C night hawk

Hey guys,I have a question,in my 54 cal. the rifleing groves don.t seem to be very deep.With the barrel clean you can just see the groves.Is this normal?
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Old 02-19-2009 | 01:37 PM
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I'm not familiar with that gun but I have some slow twist barrels that have deep rifling (.012)and some fast twist barrels with shallow rifling( like .005) Maybe it is a fast twist barrel.Are you sure it's not a Fire hawk instead of a night hawk?. I think the rifling in a fire hawk is .005.The Thunder hawk also I believe is shallow rifling.
 
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Old 02-20-2009 | 01:44 PM
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yeah,sorry man it is a fire hawk
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Old 02-20-2009 | 01:45 PM
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Thanks for the response
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Old 02-20-2009 | 05:56 PM
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That gun I believe has a twist of 1:38 and a rifling of about .006. It will shoot conicals better than round balls although some have had success with prb if the powder is low.( not exceeding 70 gr.) I would stick with conicals and 90 gr. . The twist is a litttle slow to stabilize some of the new saboted bullets, but that is the fun of experimenting
 
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