Handgun rifling (pics)

[P95Carry]

I know we had a thread on this - or including same - some while back. Since then we have gained much new blood and so, enjoying pic threads as I do, thought we'd try it again .. see what we have. Whatcha got???


My first offering is the Rohrbaugh R9 barrel ...




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Then a view down my SRH .44 mag ...



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[P95Carry]

I'm gonna crash but - what! No pics yet. Come on guys, you can do better than this!

 

[DRZinn]

I'll post mine tomorrow - it's my bedtime too.

 

[Snowdog]

I took this picture of my Taurus PT99 9mm a few weeks ago to prove the condition of the bore when I was considering selling it.

 

[Kevlarman]

My girlfriend took this one:

 

[P95Carry]

Snowdog, Kevlarman - there we go! Just the ticket. Nice work.

There is something rather ''art-form'' about the rifled barrel IMO

 

[hksw]

Huh, it just so happens that I recently took a picture of a barrel of one of my guns. I'm in the process of selling off a NIC very early model HK USP9 to a friend. One of the photos of the gun is the barrel as the gun was one of the inital USPs with regular land/groove rifling instead of the more current polygonal. The photo is the proof of the claim. Well that and the 5 digit serial number.

Not as artistic as P95Carry's but wasn't taking the photo for that purpose at the time.

 

[BigBlueEyedDevil]

 

[bigjim]

Wow P95carry! That barrel looks ROUGH!! Is that a big line inthe chamber wall? Notice how all the other barrels look smooth polished? The little pocket rocket of your looks like the gouged the rifleing out with a rock!

 

[Mr. Mysterious]

There is something rather ''art-form'' about the rifled barrel IMO

I agree, I love that look when you get all the gunk out of the barrel and put that light coat of oil in there and hold it to the light.

 

[P95Carry]

Jim ... that chamber in fact when viewed normally hardly shows anything - I think the light angle makes a very small artifact show excessively. The rifling - well that barrel has seen quite a lot of use and - IIRC I did not do a thoro clean before taking the pic ... it has bothered me since and needs a reshoot really. Must try that - now you have reminded me of this. I'll post if I get to it.


I played with that SRH pic BTW - to make this version

 

[sm]

Huh?

So THAT's what lands and grooves look like?

You mean MY handguns have that rifling dealie too?

 

[mattz357]

Not sure what gun this is, but the picture turned out nicely.

 

[P95Carry]

Mattz ...NICE contribution indeed, thx. here, let's see it full size.

 

[P95Carry]

bigjim - set that R9 barrel up again and found that one light direction did give impression of a chamber line that otherwise was all but invisible. A miniscule change obviates that almost - but due to the detailing effect... the rifling still looks a tad ''machined''. Made worse by getting light into barrel with a card covered in Reynolds Wrap ... so some mottling effect of light.

I have ''sub'd the pic with updated version.

Close up with head magnifier, the whole deal looks just nicely polished!. This barrel has been the hardest I have photographed!! It is now cleaner tho - and I think poor cleaning pre photo was a factor.

 

[DonNikmare]

Mattz,
Very nice - it makes a great desktop background!
Nik

 

[QuarterBoreGunner]

P95Carry-


that picture looks veeeeeeeeery familiar...

 

[Falcon501]

Sorry, I don't have any..But does anyone have a picture of a P95?
I'm getting one and just want to see it..

 

[mfree]

CZ75B Compact, from the breech. Sorry about the artifacts, happened in resizing.

 

[DonNikmare]

CZ P-01

Nik

 

[gearbox]

SIG-Sauer P220ST lands and grooves from the breech:


Heckler & Koch P7M8 polygonal rifling from the muzzle:


Heckler & Koch P7M8 from the breech:

Notice the fluted chamber and gas port in the above photo.

 

[P95Carry]

Gearbox - excellent! Love the 220.