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JohnnyArtist
12-22-2016, 01:52 PM
I'm thinking about buying a Sabatti tactical with multi radial rifling.
Just wondering if anyone is has experience or is shooting cast bullets in barrels with multi radial rifling.

http://www.frankonia.de/images/multimedia/pdf/p174782-info-101215-de-DE.pdf

Cheers
John

runfiverun
12-22-2016, 04:33 PM
no sir.
i'll stick to my boolits coming out the barrel round.

their break in, cleaning, and lapping procedure looks like quite the ordeal.

Tatume
12-23-2016, 08:55 AM
If you get it post a report. I'd like to know more.

edctexas
12-23-2016, 04:28 PM
Their rifling is just like the H&K or Glock pistols. They are fussy about the fit with cast but shoot well. Glock claims that cast isn't compatible with their "polygonal" rifling, but many on here don't have a problem. I don't have any problems with any of my 3 H&K poly barrels using lead. If you slug your barrel, it is hard to measure the best diameter for fit. I wound up with about 0.002 over the measurement. 0.003 works well also maybe better especially in 9mm vs 40.

I think it work work well and I don't know if all that prep stuff is really necessary.

Ed C

17nut
12-23-2016, 05:23 PM
It's a Boucher rifling or Metford, nothing new just different.

All switched away from it when Cordite/smokeless was introduced as it eroded bad.
The Lee-Enfield used to be a Lee-Metford but barrels and rifling was changed.
The Danish Krag-Jørgensen 1889 rifle had Metford rifling but that lasted less than 15 years. You guessed it excessive barrel wear using smokeless.

bigolsmokebomb
12-24-2016, 06:42 PM
I shoot cast out of my factory glock barrels just fine. I have mine sized 2thou bigger than barrel slug size with fantastic accuracy and no leading

fivefang
12-25-2016, 12:07 AM
R5,it does look kinda like the "Rasmuson" rifling, & typ. 38 Arisaka rifling both were supposed to reduce bore erosion as I remember, Fivefang

robg
12-26-2016, 11:56 AM
My hkp7 m8 had a polygonal barrel shot well and was easy to clean,more than one way to skin a cat.