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<blockquote data-quote="QuietTexan" data-source="post: 2745473" data-attributes="member: 116181"><p>You mean like every AK ever made? <img class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" alt="🤣" title="Rolling on the floor laughing :rofl:" src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f923.png" data-shortname=":rofl:" /></p><p></p><p></p><p>There are two general ways to install a barrel - dialed out end to end, or dialed out on the bore in front of the chamber. I have rifles made both ways by competent smiths and in my practical experience neither way is better or worse; I'm sure there are a hundred nuances as to why smiths choose a method to use most of the time.</p><p></p><p>But the same logic applies to muzzle threads. If the smith doesn't dial in the muzzle exactly and cuts threads the machine will still make a set of functional threads (not 3A but will let things screw on well enough), but they essentially point the wrong way.</p><p></p><p>If the guy running the lathe dials in on the outside of the barrel and not off the bore there can be a pretty significant difference there. If you've never seen a smith pin a bore or really dug into just how not-straight the barrel makers drill out blanks it's a crazy experience to realize how much the bore moves around inside the tube. Some are obviously better than others, but some mass produced tubes are really bad. </p><p></p><p>Cutting off-bore angle can stress and distort the crown and the thinner section of the barrel that was threaded (depending on bore to thread size relationship), and anything that impacts the bullet as it exits the crown is the worst kind of error to impart into a bullet's trajectory.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="QuietTexan, post: 2745473, member: 116181"] You mean like every AK ever made? 🤣 There are two general ways to install a barrel - dialed out end to end, or dialed out on the bore in front of the chamber. I have rifles made both ways by competent smiths and in my practical experience neither way is better or worse; I'm sure there are a hundred nuances as to why smiths choose a method to use most of the time. But the same logic applies to muzzle threads. If the smith doesn't dial in the muzzle exactly and cuts threads the machine will still make a set of functional threads (not 3A but will let things screw on well enough), but they essentially point the wrong way. If the guy running the lathe dials in on the outside of the barrel and not off the bore there can be a pretty significant difference there. If you've never seen a smith pin a bore or really dug into just how not-straight the barrel makers drill out blanks it's a crazy experience to realize how much the bore moves around inside the tube. Some are obviously better than others, but some mass produced tubes are really bad. Cutting off-bore angle can stress and distort the crown and the thinner section of the barrel that was threaded (depending on bore to thread size relationship), and anything that impacts the bullet as it exits the crown is the worst kind of error to impart into a bullet's trajectory. [/QUOTE]
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