Conical bullets or lead ball in Cap and ball revolvers - Page 2

flibuste · October 1, 2009, 02:16 PM

deadguy is correct and there is another point to consider :

Apart from ROA, almost all italian replica revolver had a slow twist ( # 1:30) that is not suited to bullets.
However things have changed recently because Uberti has modified the rifling twist of their revolver : Since approximately 2000, the twist is similar to ROA ( 1:16) and they now stabilize the bullets .

So when testing a pistol the first point is to look at the barrel and check the twist rate .........

Regards

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October 1, 2009, 02:16 PM	#26
flibuste Junior Member Join Date: July 29, 2008 Posts: 11	deadguy is correct and there is another point to consider : Apart from ROA, almost all italian replica revolver had a slow twist ( # 1:30) that is not suited to bullets. However things have changed recently because Uberti has modified the rifling twist of their revolver : Since approximately 2000, the twist is similar to ROA ( 1:16) and they now stabilize the bullets . So when testing a pistol the first point is to look at the barrel and check the twist rate ......... Regards