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To: DuncanWaring

But if you buy a rifled barrel, wouldn’t the rifling be ruined by firing shot through it?


148 posted on 07/23/2011 11:51:11 AM PDT by Eleutheria5 (End the occupation. Annex today)
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To: Eleutheria5

Possibly.

That’s why you switch back to the smoothbore barrel before shooting shot.

It’s about a two-minute process, and can be done by hand on shotguns.


149 posted on 07/23/2011 5:02:20 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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To: Eleutheria5

Also, it appears that most modern shotgun barrels have “choke tubes”, which change the barrel choke without changing the barrel.

Rifled choke tubes are available, and much cheaper than spare barrels, although they do require a device resembling a short screwdriver to change them. Again, the swap-out takes about a minute.


150 posted on 07/23/2011 5:27:32 PM PDT by DuncanWaring (The Lord uses the good ones; the bad ones use the Lord.)
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