.71 caliber barrels on ebay

[David577]

Found some barrels. I would like to make a 71 but what could this person "Doc White's of Green River Rifle Works estate" had in mind for a 24 inch barrel. Seems really short. This seems like a guy that would have had something in mind for them any ideas. Is 24 inches really long enough?

 

[Tumbledown]

 

[David577]

Fixed not trying to sale just just wanted to show what I was talking about.

 

[BoomStick]

Doc White was a well-known builder. Maybe they were intended for a small batch of something. @AZ Muzzleloaders has had some of his unfinished projects, may be familiar.

 

[SDSmlf]

Doc White was a well-known builder. Maybe they were intended for a small batch of something. @AZ Muzzleloaders has had some of his unfinished projects, may be familiar.

@AZ Muzzleloaders may be the seller.

I recently purchased Doc White's (of GRRW and White Muzzleloading) entire traditional muzzle loader parts inventory.

 

[AZ Muzzleloaders]

The 71 cal barrels were not in a designated parts set according to the inventory sheet (there were a number of barrels not in parts sets). No idea what Doc had planned.
Dave

 

[rich pierce]

It’s a mystery we can’t solve because Doc White is dead and we can’t ask him. I can’t think of a practical use of a big bore fast twist barrel that short.

 

[BoomStick]

The 24-inch are slow twist. He may have been thinking of a muzzleloader version of a Lancaster 4-barrel gun. Some people with skill and artistic tendencies do things because they can and not because they're practical.

 

[Clark Badgett]

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When did you become a moderator?

 

[Relic shooter]

It’s a mystery we can’t solve because Doc White is dead and we can’t ask him. I can’t think of a practical use of a big bore fast twist barrel that short.

Ideal barrel for a nice Jaeger if depth of rifling is correct for the fast twist

 

[David577]

rich pierce kind of put my question into words better then me. "I can’t think of a practical use of a big bore fast twist barrel that short." Thanks for the comments.

 

[SDSmlf]

rich pierce kind of put my question into words better then me. "I can’t think of a practical use of a big bore fast twist barrel that short." Thanks for the comments.

I have no personal interest in these barrels, but if anyone would have bothered to check out the eBay listing they would have read that these big bore barrels have 1-66 twists (unless one calls that a fast twist barrel), but obviously that is too much to ask of folks.

 

[rich pierce]

Oh dear, I missed the twist. Let me re-phrase. I can’t think of a good use for a 1 in 66 twist, .71 caliber, 24” rifled barrel. If they were really useful, they’d have made a lot of them and they’d be on guns everywhere. Somebody might have fun making a short gun with one. I can’t shoot a gun that short. A short barrel gives less velocity with a given charge than a long barrel. Short barrels should have faster twist because they give lower velocity and a faster twist is needed to stabilize the projectile. Most short barrel jaeger barrels had twists of 1:48 or less. Sighting is not as accurate for me when the sights are a foot apart. That’s why I have an opinion that it’s not a very useful design for any purpose I might have for a gun barrel.