Re: Another dumb question....
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: Oodin</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Google is your friend.
I'll go easy on you though.
<span style="font-weight: bold">The middle barrel has a recessed crown, it helps protect the crown from damage</span>.
Counterboring is when the rifling is drilled out of the muzzle of the barrel and will be much deeper (1/4"+) and not as oversized as that. It can improve accuracy in a gun when you don't want to cut and re-crown it. (Seen frequently on Mosin Nagants)
[OT_Rant]: What's with EVERYONE ending their posts with "I'm just saying". That's like prefacing something with "No offense but. . ." Seems like an excuse to be less polite than you could be.[/OT_Rant] </div></div>
First thank you for your polite answer. <span style="font-weight: bold">This is what I thought, and makes perfect since....</span>
I understand rifling so here is my real question...
I have read descriptions on rifles that state 1:XX and the "last 1/4" is counterbored, Why would anyone want to (or to what purpose) make the round coming out of the barrel twist the opposite way? Would that not decrease the spin rate and make the round less accurate? I realize that these manufactures have been around for years and should trust them and what they put out, but I would like to understand the purpose....
I did google counterboring and it did come up with a picture that I posted, so I naturally thought that I was totally wrong in my thinking, so not to look even more stupid, I posted what I knew was wrong in the first place......
Once again thanks for your input....
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