old winchester barrel

[glockarmour34]

i just got a really old winchester barrel that has straight grooves down the whole length of the barrel its a 30 inch barrel, with a heavy wall barrel about twice the regular barrel. any help would be very helpful

 

[IndyGunworks]

type of gun, caliber, any other information? i have never heard of "straight" rifling.

 

[Yeah]

Is it s turkey shotgun? I have a straight rifled choke anyway.

 

[glockarmour34]

ok guys all i have is a barrel for the the gun. and there lines run the whole barrel. and ill try to get some pics up

 

[Chance]

Lines? In the steel on the outside?

Lines or raised rifling? Lines would indicate that the barrel was made using a strip steel welded together process. If so, DO NOT SHOOT IT!

 

[Chance]

The process is called lap welding

The process for producing barrels made from strips of steel with edges that overlap is called Lap Welding. This is even less reliable that Damascus steel barrels.