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leftiye
08-02-2008, 01:42 PM
I've been messing with my H&R handi rifle with the 45-70 barrel. Bore is .452", and groove is .457" giving about .0025" tall rifling. Might have to use cigarrette papers to get two wraps in that small of a space! I'm soliciting opinions as to whether paperpatching will work with this Marlin type shallow rifling?

Junior1942
08-02-2008, 02:43 PM
Mine works just fine as is using as cast bullets. See http://www.castbullet.com/shooting/1871.htm

leftiye
08-03-2008, 02:37 PM
I appreciate the encourgement to use regular cast boolits in this barrel. Does shallow rifling pose a problem for paper patched boolits?