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barrel
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 8:55 pm
by 56 kodiak shooter
I have a 1943-91/30 with war time stock, my question is the barrel appears to have very fine wire woven the entire length of barrel, it looks like it in the metal, what is this, took some pics but can,t see wire in photos-thanks randy
Re: barrel
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 9:59 pm
by millman
Sounds like the finish left by the lathe when they fed it too fast. Pics will tell the tale.
Re: barrel
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 2:32 pm
by mogunner
Yep, fast cut with a dulled cutter, I've seen some that got progressively worse then had a big bulge on the outside of the barrel, then nice and smooth, appeared they had to stop and change out their tooling but didn't go back over it at all.
Re: barrel
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 3:41 pm
by SA1911a1
When the Nazis are occupying half your country, pretty doesn't count, but you can bet it functioned fine.
Re: barrel
Posted: Fri May 01, 2015 5:29 pm
by husker51
Reminds me of the 1944 VKT M39s that have that rough finish from the machining of the barrel at the receiver end. Not as rough as the war time Russian 91/30 but still interesting.
