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Jim Watson · May 25, 2009, 08:30 PM

There were a lot of different rifling plans being looked at in those days, some with such deep grooves and wide lands as to look six sided. Not to mention wear from years of muzzleloading and cleaning with a wooden ramrod to hold grit.

May 25, 2009, 08:30 PM	#4
Jim Watson Senior Member Join Date: October 25, 2001 Location: Alabama Posts: 18,543	There were a lot of different rifling plans being looked at in those days, some with such deep grooves and wide lands as to look six sided. Not to mention wear from years of muzzleloading and cleaning with a wooden ramrod to hold grit.