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Smooth-bore is like a tube, think of it as a straight pipe. Rifling is a pipe with grooves swirling around on the inside of the pipe. This makes the bullet spin as it travels down and leaves the barrel. This spinning makes the bullet fly straighter than a bullet fired from a smooth-boar barrel.
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What is the difference between a winchester 67 an a winchester 67 smooth bore?
The 67 has a rifled bore, the 67 smoothbore does not.
What is the difference between smoothbore and rifled shotgun barrels?
A smoothbore is cheaper and works just as well when using regular shot. A rifled shotgun barrel only helps if you are going to be firing slugs, but if you are it improves performance considerably, giving the slug near-rifle accuracy. If you can afford it and plan to be using slugs the rifled barrel can be well worth it and gives you much more versitility.
Are Ithaca deerslayer shotguns rifled or smooth bore?
Smoothbore
Weapons used by infantry during the civil war?
· Rifles · Cannons (smoothbore/rifled) · Muskets · Handguns · Bayonets and swords · Rifles · Cannons (smoothbore/rifled) · Muskets · Handguns · Bayonets and swords
What shells do you use in a rifled 12ga barrel?
12 g sabot slugs. Rifled slugs are for smoothbore barrels.
Can you shoot a smooth bore slug through a rifled barrel?
Shooting rifled slugs is the ONLY way to shoot thru a smoothbore for deer. If you shoot sabot slugs thru a smoothbore, it will not spin and therefore not be accurate. For accuracy, the slug must spin out of the barrel. Either shoot a rifled slug thru a smooth barrel, or shoot a saboted slug thru a rifled barrel.
What is more powerful a 90 MM rifled cannon or an 85 MM smoothbore cannon?
A 90 mm rifled cannon because the inside is grooved.
Can you fire a rifled slug out of a smoothbore shotgun?
Yes. Exercise caution. Do not attempt with a full choke.
What types of guns were used in 1769?
Muzzle loading flintlocks. Most were smoothbore, a few were rifled.
Can you fire slugs through a shot barrel?
Yes. Rifled slugs are intended to be fired through a smoothbore barrel. Sabot slugs are intended to be fired through rifled barrels.
Why were rifled guns not considered the best for militaty use?
Although they weren't as accurate, smoothbore "muskets" were easier, faster to reload than a rifled barrel. Less constriction in the barrel without rifling.
Can a Marlin 512 rifled barrel be fitted to a Model 55 smoothbore?
i need some info the on marlin 512 cockmaster
