Double rifle barrels

[mitch4570]

How long do you guys let your double rifle barrels cool between shots?

 

[deewayne2003]

Just long enough to load to more.

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

If shooting a dozen shots for practice, I just shoot my Heym.

If shooting for groups or to check regulation of a load, the barrels should not be hot to touch. Try to keep conditions of all the shots consistant. Once a well-regulating load is found, reshoot the rifle with cold barrels a couple times to verify there is no change in points of impact or lfet to right group size.

I have been known to speed up the cooling process...

Before anyone asks, I passed on the above Krieghoff to another AH member.

 

[mitch4570]

Great idea!

 

[deewayne2003]

If shooting a dozen shots for practice, I just shoot my Heym.

If shooting for groups or to check regulation of a load, the barrels should not be hot to touch. Try to keep conditions of all the shots consistant. Once a well-regulating load is found, reshoot the rifle with cold barrels a couple times to verify there is no change in points of impact or lfet to right group size.

I have been known to speed up the cooling process...

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Before anyone asks, I passed on the above Krieghoff to another AH member.

Mark,

Is that your .458 or 500/416?

 

[Mark A Ouellette]

Mark,

Is that your .458 or 500/416?

That is a Krieghoff 500/416 that I passed on to another AH caretaker.

 

[deewayne2003]

That is a Krieghoff 500/416 that I passed on to another AH caretaker.

I thought so, love the wood on that rifle and wish I could have bought it at the time.