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Originally Posted by Tom Eldridge View Post
To answer the question of barrel wall thickness, this is from the listing:

"For the 28” barrels, the wall thicknesses for the right barrel at 9” from the muzzle are .032/.027/.032 (top/side/bottom) and at the middle of the barrel are .033/.030/.033. For the left barrel the wall thicknesses are .032/.031/.026 and .035/.035/.025, respectively. For the 30” barrels, the wall thicknesses for the right barrels at 9” from the muzzle are .033/.033/.030 and at the middle of the barrel are .038/.041/.035. For the left barrel the wall thicknesses are .035/.035/.032 and .037/.041/.035, respectively."

Thanks Tom, I posted my question about wall thickness long before I learned it was for sale elsewhere with those measurements posted.

And those measurements are all well and good but I would much prefer to know the wall thiscknesses along the entire length of the tubes.

I once measures the chokes, chambers and nominal bore diameter of an AHE 16 with original fluid steel Acme barrels. I also measured the wall thicknesses.

As it turned out, the wall thickness on the right tube a bit more than 10 “ from the muzzle was .014” but only on the bottom of the tube and the wall thickness along the length of both tubes was very inconsistent.

And wonder of wonders, both forcing cones were lengthened to between 9” and 10”. This is why I always want to know the wall thickness along the entire length and all around the tube.





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