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Author Topic: Right hand rifling?  (Read 58888 times)

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Offline Todd Garrison

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Re: Right hand rifling?
« Reply #15 on: September 04, 2014, 10:55:19 AM »
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Re: Right hand rifling?
« Reply #16 on: September 04, 2014, 04:01:18 PM »
That explanation sounds logical for modern firearms.  However, I believe that the domination of right hand rifling dates back to singleshot muzzleloading firearms, most of which did not have a separate barrel screwed into a receiver.
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