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rgerge
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OK, a fresh stupid question for you..........I have a TCA white mountain carbine in .50, the question is; can I have the bore enlarged ( at the factory ) to .54 ? The bore is just about shot out, I wouldn't even think of this unless it was neccesary, it still chucks a round ball right on the nose up to 50 yards. I would ask TCA but they already think I'm dumb[:(]
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Making the necessary modifications for a barrel channel cut to accept a round tube, to work with an octagonal one, is doable, assuming the breechplug of, say, a Renegade actually matches the plug (and tang) on your present barrel. Not nearly a drop-in-and-shoot proposition, but it could be done (services of BP gunsmith suggested).
No such thing as stupid questions, at least not with guns. Ask T/C about either the reboring/rifling, and the option of just buying a new barrel. It'd be bad for their business to consider you too awful dumb, since you own at least one of their products [;)].
You might also look at a replacement barrel from Green Mountain.
You might also try using a thicker patch to see if that will tighten your groups.
Just a thought.
Bode
If it still shoots "on the nose" at fifty yards why bother?
You might also look at a replacement barrel from Green Mountain.
You might also try using a thicker patch to see if that will tighten your groups.
Just a thought.
Bode
After 50 yards it's off the charts, where it goes, nobody knows.
Never heard of that.
That is quite odd, to be on the nose at 50 and off the charts at 100.
Never heard of that.
OK maybe not nose, maybe dinner plater sized object, fishercat, really big rabbit, car door, mother in-law sized object........no that's too big. Anyway they are going to look at it and let me know.[:o)]
Bode
I honestly have never lined a barrel or known anyone who has, so I can't tell you what to expect along those lines. It's been done for years, though, and obviously isn't a cheap fix, so I assume enough customers have been happy with the results to make it a service still worth offering.