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Spliced on the mandrel?
Unread 04-18-2013, 12:43 AM   #1
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Default Spliced on the mandrel?

Here are two pics which show an area of a twist bbl which looks like where two ribands were spliced during forming on the mandrel. Pic 1 shows the spliced (?) area and pic 2 shows the wide, dark band running directly below it. Anyone want to offer an opinion as to what this is?
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Unread 04-18-2013, 07:23 AM   #2
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Mike, it is not uncommon to see these "splices" in composite barrels. I'm not so sure about that plain dark one but the one in the top pic sure seems to be a splice.
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Thanks Dean. The dark area is part of the splice as it runs directly off it.
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The barrels are 'London' Damascus Twist and it's a ribband end-on as a new section was spliced/added to the barrel



The billet or lopin looked like this

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