barrel terms

[bilgrami]

hello ,happy new year.........i just wanna know what it means by term TURNED BARRELS.i am planning to replace my .22 lr barrel with a 19.5 inch anshutz barrel blank........any advice how to go about it.......thanks :roll:

 

[wwb]

That term applies to barrels carrying iron sights which are screwed into the receiver, and bottom out in the wrong position; i.e. the sight(s) are not at the 12:00 position.

 

[bilgrami]

THANKS BUDDY.........THAT MEANS A NORMAL BARREL IS A UNTURNED BARREL!!!!! BILL

 

[chet15]

I took "turned" barrel to mean the finish that is currently being applied to Ruger's 10/22 barrels.
When Ruger went to their new 10/22 finish ("crackle" ion finish receiver) they also started finishing their barrels in a true "matte" finish. Somebody at Ruger must have figured that it would be even more efficient if they just went ahead and "turned" a fine lathe surface around the barrels thereby saving one additional finish step with a step that had to be done anyway to get down to the final barrel contour.
Chet15