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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Wed Dec 01, 2010 9:09 pm Post subject: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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I read this article in January 2011 Guns Magazine then found it on-line. I found it pretty interesting. Here is the first paragraph.
"Taper-bores are the stuff dreams are made of. Imagine firing a bullet that begins life as one caliber down a bore that progressively gets smaller and smaller in diameter. What emerges is a bullet of smaller caliber with an improved ballistic coefficient at a relatively high velocity. The late Australian gunsmith and cartridge designer, Arthur Langsford, had a better idea. Why not just dispense with the taper-bore design and simply fire a conventional .22 Long Rifle cartridge down a 17- or 20-caliber barrel and see what you get? What he got is one of the most intriguing stories in rimfire history."
fmgpublications.ipaper...1/?page=18
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roklok Super Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 6:04 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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Interesting stuff indeed, thanks for posting.
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Aloysius Super Member
Joined: Nov 03, 2009 Posts: 2438 Location: B., Belgium
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 9:25 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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SJ, how could you get a magazin of January 2011? Is your middle name Harry Potter or some other wizard?
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Thu Dec 02, 2010 10:17 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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Aloys, I expected you to respond to this post. However, I thought you would tell me that you already had one of these squeeze-bore rifles. You, the collector of 22's!!
The first magazines off the press get sent to subscribers. Later, they get shipped to news stands, at which time they should be arriving just before January. Thus, I usually get my magazines a month or so early. No HP about it.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:32 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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Vince wrote: |
Wonder if I would be able to source one of those barrels... |
It doesn't hurt to try! Send Arthur Langsford a proposal, pop a cool one, and what for his response. Better yet, he is just down the path from you!Langsford has his gun shop in Broken Hill, Australia.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Fri Dec 03, 2010 4:44 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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Oops, looks like I missed all the details. Aurthur Langsford passed away in 2008.
www.weeklytimesnow.com...oting.html
Vince, bet you could still get a hold of his drawings, old barrel, etc. and build your own .22 to .17!
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PaulS Super Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 1:26 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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The description of his later barrels sounds like the just have a longer lead that swages the bullet to fit the barrel. Like using a .25 caliber in a 6mm barrel or a 6.5mm in a 25caliber barrel.
All you would need is the right rifle and a special reamer to rechamber and add the longer lead into the rifling.
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slimjim Super Member
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Posted: Sat Dec 04, 2010 7:02 am Post subject: Re: A Squeeze-Bore .22LR |
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PaulS wrote: |
All you would need is the right rifle and a special reamer to rechamber and add the longer lead into the rifling. |
There you go, Vince! Project time!!
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