rifle barrels may have a different external diameter. A rifle that is carried for hunting will usually have a "sporter" barrel- slender, to save weight. Target rifles will have more massive, stiffer barrels for accuracy. Those are "heavy" barreled rifles.
Heavy Barrel
Depends entirely on the exact configuration you have.
Slower to heat up, more weight=less recoil.
yes it did. i own a heavy barrel 225 Winchester model 70 ,
I do not personally, but yes, there is a single shot rifle that can have the rifle barrel replaced with a shotgun barrel.
Recommend you take it to a gunsmith. Improper assembly may cause damage or injury.
Heavy Barrel was created in 1987.
Heavy Barrel happened in 1987.
That term refers to the outline shape of the outside of a rifle barrel.
A bayonet is the name of a knife attached to the barrel of a rifle.
No.
One difference is that the inside of a shotgun barrel is smooth and the inside of a rifle barrel is what they call "fluted" which puts rotation on the bullet as it moves though the barrel.