Cabelas A Grade Two Barrel Set
Posted: Wed Apr 16, 2008 10:20 pm
The first pic is from Cablelas, showing the muzzels of a two barrel set....30" and 26".
There have been several discussions about short Fox barrels with spacing between the tubes being cut or original. Looking at this picture is struck me that the rib on the short barrles is clearly wider at the muzzle than the other, implying that perhaps that barrel set actually was cut. I don't know, but I thought I'd look at my similar set, as I haven't actually thought about the rib width at the muzzle as any indicator. The balance of the photos are of my set. The rib width at the muzzels and breech end are exactly the same in the two sets. So, the short barrels have a rib with a greater degree of tapering from breech to muzzle. The chonometer is the width of the rib at the muzzles. (On my set, the width of the rib on the 30" barrels at the 26" mark is exactly .4 inch) The width of both ribs at the breech is exactly the same, as they are at the muzzles. I measured the width at the muzzles on the matted part, not at the joint with the barrels.
It could be that on the Cabela's set, the factory got lazy and cut a longer rib for fitting to the short barrels, but that would seem a little too odd.
Just an observation.
There have been several discussions about short Fox barrels with spacing between the tubes being cut or original. Looking at this picture is struck me that the rib on the short barrles is clearly wider at the muzzle than the other, implying that perhaps that barrel set actually was cut. I don't know, but I thought I'd look at my similar set, as I haven't actually thought about the rib width at the muzzle as any indicator. The balance of the photos are of my set. The rib width at the muzzels and breech end are exactly the same in the two sets. So, the short barrels have a rib with a greater degree of tapering from breech to muzzle. The chonometer is the width of the rib at the muzzles. (On my set, the width of the rib on the 30" barrels at the 26" mark is exactly .4 inch) The width of both ribs at the breech is exactly the same, as they are at the muzzles. I measured the width at the muzzles on the matted part, not at the joint with the barrels.
It could be that on the Cabela's set, the factory got lazy and cut a longer rib for fitting to the short barrels, but that would seem a little too odd.
Just an observation.