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Offline Darreld Walton

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Noticed something odd today...
« on: December 07, 2009, 04:12:03 PM »
Cleaned up the bore on my .45 Colt "Classic Carbine".  This bugger has left hand twist rifling!  Had to take a look at my .45-70, .204 Ruger, and .500 S&W barrels, and they're all right hand twist.
What's up with this?  Any other calibers with this setup, and any notion why?
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #1 on: December 07, 2009, 05:08:13 PM »
That musta been made for our friends in the land down under..  lol
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #2 on: December 07, 2009, 05:24:45 PM »
Colts rifles their guns backwards because they are Colts I guess. Almost everyone else rifles the other way. If I remember there is come sort of real esoteric reason to rifle right handed, having to do with the rotation of the earth or something, but I doubt if they shoot any better than Colts.
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #3 on: December 07, 2009, 05:30:26 PM »
A left hand twist will tend to unscrew a barrel that is threaded into a receiver.  The British 303 barrels I use for the 32-20 Handi barrels are left hand twist also.  Larry
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #4 on: December 08, 2009, 02:32:44 AM »
I seem to recall that the Brits standardized on LH twist decades ago.  If you notice, the US Model 1917 "Enfields" have LH twist, the reason is that Remington and Winchester first started building the Pattern 14 to Brit specs, set their rifling machines up to match that spec, and didn't bother to go with the 1-10 RH twist that was standard in the 1903 rifles, as an expedient to keep the production lines rolling and put rifles in the Doughboys' hands...
Colts, too, use LH.
Nothing important, I suppose, just seemed odd to see a LH twist barrel from a manufacturer who's obviously been producing RH twist for a long time.
Maybe it WOULD shoot better on the 'bottom' of the planet, where the toilets flush the 'wrong' direction, eh???  ;)
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #5 on: December 08, 2009, 03:58:51 AM »
It catches the evil spirits that ride the bullets off guard and slings them off better.  ;D eddiegjr
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #6 on: December 08, 2009, 02:42:44 PM »
I have some contender super 14 barrels with LH twists.
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #7 on: December 08, 2009, 03:09:21 PM »
Quote from: bilmac on December 07, 2009, 05:24:45 PM
If I remember there is come sort of real esoteric reason to rifle right handed, having to do with the rotation of the earth or something...

Now that would depend on whether you're shooting east or west....or is it north or south? ???
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #8 on: December 08, 2009, 03:18:30 PM »
It's rifled for us left hand shooters  ;D
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #9 on: December 08, 2009, 03:23:09 PM »
  Maybe they put the barrel on backwards...  :D  Or being twisted left; maybe it was built for liberals.. ;D
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #10 on: December 08, 2009, 03:35:59 PM »
It catches the evil spirits that ride the bullets off guard and slings them off better.

eddiegjr, that is hilarious.  Your knowledge of history is impressive. 
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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #11 on: December 08, 2009, 04:03:20 PM »
Must be set up for those over the shoulder trick shots with a mirror like the trick shooters years ago.... :D

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Re: Noticed something odd today...
« Reply #12 on: December 08, 2009, 04:28:28 PM »
No danger of a Lee Enfield barrel ever un-corking itself.

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