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Offline Shreckmeister

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Antique Pennsylvania Rifling Bench
« on: July 05, 2012, 01:03:28 AM »
Thought this might be appropriate in this section also:
Finally the quest for an antique rifling bench for my Shreckengost
gunsmith shop is over.  I was only able to find the cylinder and indexing head, but coming up with and old plank, legs and making the other parts should not be difficult.  The best part is this rig seems to have been very well  done.
Can anyone tell me what the "44 to 35 G" might mean.  I wondered if it was
44 to 35 inches per revolution in a progressive twist?  Any guesses on age?  The cylinder is said to have come from a gunsmith shop in northern PA.
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Offline D. Taylor Sapergia

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Re: Antique Pennsylvania Rifling Bench
« Reply #1 on: July 05, 2012, 03:22:58 AM »
It's in great shape for sure.  I suspect that '44 to 35 G' means 44" to 35" gain twist.
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Offline heinz

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Re: Antique Pennsylvania Rifling Bench
« Reply #2 on: July 05, 2012, 04:35:43 AM »
Rob, you should be able to tell if it is a gain twist, it tends too look like a straight twist to me but that could be the pictures.  The is an outside chance that G could be for gauge, although that would seem like a narrow range to me
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Offline Gaeckle

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Re: Antique Pennsylvania Rifling Bench
« Reply #3 on: July 05, 2012, 05:08:41 PM »
It should be easy to determine if the twist is a gain just by measuring. I wonder if the numeration means any barrel from 35 inches to 44 inches in leangth.

Nice find by the way.....do you plan on rifling with that?
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Offline Mark Tyler

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Re: Antique Pennsylvania Rifling Bench
« Reply #4 on: July 05, 2012, 05:16:57 PM »
Maybe the "G" is actually a "C" and the gunsmith used this cylinder for a specific twist on 44 to 35 caliber barrels.
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Offline Fullstock longrifle

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Re: Antique Pennsylvania Rifling Bench
« Reply #5 on: July 05, 2012, 07:50:05 PM »
Very cool, I like it Rob, congrats!

Frank
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