wilson 45 auto

[porthos]

came across a wilson "professional" with the tapered cone bbl. what is the reason for this vs. the standard front bushing style and straight bbl. any plus or negatives about this design??

[rintinglen]

Properly fitted, they can be more accurate, by virtue of a more consistent barrel position in the slide. Also, they can be shorter, allowing the 5 inch service guns to be shortened considerably and still function reliably. Poorly done, they're "meh".

If it's a Wilson, the odds are a very long in favor of it being done right--that's why they are so costly.

[porthos]

thanks, good information.

[ddixie884]

True that.

[Gtek]

Cheaper and easier to manufacture would have been my guess, plus you don't need a bushing wrench to get out the properly fitted ones.

[porthos]

Gtek: your response "i guess" seems to be contrary to other responses

[Gtek]

Contrary? A bushing style nose in the slide requires a more, very detailed machining operation internally to allow the rotation and locking in of bushing tab. Then the bushing required must be manufactured and the detailed dimensions correct then hopefully being fitted correctly in slide, more ID/OD cuts on one more required part. The design you started discussion of, barrel profile and OD, slide ID = done. This creates a much faster and easier and much cheaper design, less work and material equals more money to the same end. A properly fitted bushing IMHO requires a wrench to remove most times in a high end piece. The bushing would be found in most all GI and commercial rattle traps pushed the last several decades easily removed by hand. This can be a plus or minus, in a combat situation if disassembly were required, etc., for high end accuracy and barrel returning consistently not so much . The statement of more accurate? if the barrel to non-bushed slide is set at 0.0015" how would that be anymore accurate than a zero fit bushing (does not swim in slide) fit ID/OD to barrel with a 0.0015" fit?