I believe a member here has one, very limited offering.Seems like I recall the Hawken issued a 1 inch barrel in 58 .
I believe a member here has one, very limited offering.Seems like I recall the Hawken issued a 1 inch barrel in 58 .
It's funny but the QLA was a coned muzzle and now they are some of the best easiest to load and accuracy in all of the coned muzzles I have are very accurate.That would be the one. I asked the seller and he said no special markings and it does have the dreaded QLA muzzle.
I have not had a QLA rifle but it seems most dont care for it from what I have read.It's funny but the QLA was a coned muzzle and now they are some of the best easiest to load and accuracy in all of the coned muzzles I have are very accurate.
Owned a few TCs with QLA muzzles (this was a counter bore, NOT a coned bore, two total different animals) and some were more trouble than others, but none of mine shot well. Found that the counter bore at the end of the barrel could be significantly off center from the actual bore centerline. Obviously TC added the QLA feature as a secondary manufacturing operation from machining the bore and did not take the care to make sure the two diameters lined up. Only real solutions I found was either a haircut to shorten the bore (cut off the offending QLA) or rebore a larger diameter QLA in line with the bore using a lathe.It's funny but the QLA was a coned muzzle and now they are some of the best easiest to load and accuracy in all of the coned muzzles I have are very accurate.
the only thing that is bad is they are a pain in the butt to load with a commercial pre cut patch as the ball tends to slide off to one side and I believe this is what you are seeing as bad accuracy if you cut at the muzzle they are tack drivers at least mine is but it took me a while to figure it out fighting with centering the patchOK I stand corrected. Seeing as I have never owned a QLA or shot one, I was going on printed Info that I read years ago, which I interpreted Thumb start patched ball into what I was familiar with the coned muzzle.
I have the Ed Hamberg universal tool. Works on up to .62 cal. I have not used it yet but it has to be a more accurate tool than what you mentioned.If anyone has a .58 cone cutter, please, yell at me!
I have two of those. A tc Hawken 50 bored to 54 and a Renegade 50 bored to 58. Best thing that ever happened to those barrels.TC's rebored to .58 with 60" twist and patched ball geometry rifling.
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