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Offline coyotejoe

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.45 Colt
« on: August 10, 2008, 04:38:29 AM »
I find I prefer very light loads in my 45/70 and so am considering getting a .45 Colt barrel for my handirifle. In the faqs section I found the twist listed a 16" and that should be just fine for cast bullets of 300-350 grains at 1000 to 1300fps. My question is: what is the actual groove diameter of H&R .45 Colt barrels?
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Re: .45 Colt
« Reply #1 on: August 10, 2008, 05:15:27 AM »
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Re: .45 Colt
« Reply #2 on: August 10, 2008, 01:24:47 PM »
Thanks Tim, .452 sounds OK, though I don't much like the idea of it being 1/2 a thou larger at the muzzle, but then, as you said, it is an H&R, one really can't expect too much.
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