Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
Friend Peter Armstrong
Here's a quote from you from another thread, when you mentioned a new MD made in Australia without any wobble.
"We have some smart guys down here who have designed a tuner that doesn't have any any wobble in it like you get in a Harrell. I've heard the design work was done with 3D printers and then CNC machine the parts and going by results they do seem to work."
Peter, my original MD was hard attached to the barrel....
The RVA MD is hard attached to the barrel........
When Ron Hoehn came up with his easily adjustable MD, based on my original 8 ounce version, he had to incorporate rubber "O" rings to be able to stabilize the weight head through its click adjustment ......this was not done for any perceived notion of helping accuracy.
But, over the years, and with the success of the rubber insulated weight head MD, there is a difference of opinion developing as the whether the weight head of the MD works better insulated from the barrel, or, mounted solid.
The school is still out on this extremely important issue.................
My practical opinion as to which is better?:
I honestly do not know............
But my gut opinion:
I believe that Ron Hoehn, by necessity of design, stumbled onto something..................with the insulated weight head of his HH/MD.
That insulated weight head gives the "protective length" of the Parallel Node time to stabilize................before the bullet exits the muzzle.
Therefore, and this is simply my gut............solid mounted MD's will never come into vogue, unless they are integral to the barrel............for the reason I stated.
Remember, this is by gut..............
Your friend, Bill Calfee
Here's a quote from you from another thread, when you mentioned a new MD made in Australia without any wobble.
"We have some smart guys down here who have designed a tuner that doesn't have any any wobble in it like you get in a Harrell. I've heard the design work was done with 3D printers and then CNC machine the parts and going by results they do seem to work."
Peter, my original MD was hard attached to the barrel....
The RVA MD is hard attached to the barrel........
When Ron Hoehn came up with his easily adjustable MD, based on my original 8 ounce version, he had to incorporate rubber "O" rings to be able to stabilize the weight head through its click adjustment ......this was not done for any perceived notion of helping accuracy.
But, over the years, and with the success of the rubber insulated weight head MD, there is a difference of opinion developing as the whether the weight head of the MD works better insulated from the barrel, or, mounted solid.
The school is still out on this extremely important issue.................
My practical opinion as to which is better?:
I honestly do not know............
But my gut opinion:
I believe that Ron Hoehn, by necessity of design, stumbled onto something..................with the insulated weight head of his HH/MD.
That insulated weight head gives the "protective length" of the Parallel Node time to stabilize................before the bullet exits the muzzle.
Therefore, and this is simply my gut............solid mounted MD's will never come into vogue, unless they are integral to the barrel............for the reason I stated.
Remember, this is by gut..............
Your friend, Bill Calfee
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