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Whitworth rifling

idaho cowboy

idaho cowboy Member Posts: 253 ✭✭✭

December 2007 edited December 2007 in Ask the Experts

How was the hexagonal rifling achieved on the Whitworth muzzle loading rifles? Thanks

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dcinffxva Member Posts: 2,830 ✭✭

December 2007 edited November -1

It wasn't really a hexagonal rifling, as much as it was a hexagonal bore. The projectile (both cannon, and rifle) wasn't round.

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