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Offline jumpsteady

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Factory Hunter Barrels
« on: February 20, 2010, 05:33:41 PM »
I recently traded for a 12" .357 Max Barrel with a built on muzzle break. Is this a Hunter barrel? It has no front site and is only drilled for a scope base.

Does anybody have any experience with these barrels. Mine seems to shoot fairly well. I can hit a 1 liter pepsi bottle at 60 yards barrel sighting it, don't have to cash for either a scope or a weaver base right now. I am shooting 180 Cast Performance WFNGC over 19 grains of H110.
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Re: Factory Hunter Barrels
« Reply #1 on: February 21, 2010, 09:49:03 AM »
I have a 12" 45/70 like you described and have taken Antelope out to 130 steps with it. Also have a 12" 30/30 in this configuration, I can do 1" groups at 100 yards with it on a good rest. I believe they call these "Hunters".
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Re: Factory Hunter Barrels
« Reply #2 on: February 21, 2010, 11:14:41 AM »
Quote from: jumpsteady on February 20, 2010, 05:33:41 PM
I recently traded for a 12" .357 Max Barrel with a built on muzzle break. Is this a Hunter barrel? It has no front site and is only drilled for a scope base.

Yes it is called the Hunter barrel, and yours is an early one.   TC came out with the 12" version in '91, added a 14" version the next year and a year or more later added open sights to the 12" version.   TC dropped the 12" 357 MAX in '93/'94, so with no open sights your barrel is probably from the first or second year.

I promptly bought a couple of 12" Hunters as soon as they came out, a 35 Rem and a 45/70 if I remember right.  They didn't last long at my place though... couldn't stand the muzzle blast.   Never owned another one.

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Re: Factory Hunter Barrels
« Reply #3 on: February 22, 2010, 02:11:47 PM »
I just shot my new to me, 12" w/muzzle brake, 30-30 today.  Pleasantly surprised.  Very accurate, almost non-existent recoil, and a little muzzle blast.   I think ballistically I would rather have the 14", but I found this to shoot surprisingly well.  I was using 125gr spitzer handloads, and its shooting right about an inch at 100 yards, I didn't measure, but I'd be real surprised if it was more than an inch.  I don't think I'll ever shoot it without muffs though.   :)
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