Bill Calfee
Gun Fool
The luxury of a stopped muzzle.
CYA friends:
Why did I just use the word "luxury" in the title of this thread?
I used the word "luxury", because a RFBR gun having a true "stopped muzzle" is most certainly a luxury, simply because the muzzles of most RFBR guns are not stopped.
You read that correctly, most RFBR guns do not have stopped muzzles.
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One of the reasons most RFBR guns do not have their muzzles stopped, is because it is impossible to stop the muzzle of a gun that is not capable of having its muzzle stopped.
Very few RFBr guns today are capable of having their muzzles stopped, for a variety of reasons.
(And as long as there's so much goofy tuning nonsense floating around the Internet, that ain't about to change any time soon.)
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Exactly what does it mean to have the muzzle stopped?
I've probably said this a thousand times over the years, but:
When the "exact center" of the "parallel node" is moved to the exit of the crown, by a properly weighted and positioned MD, the muzzle becomes stopped.
And when I use the word "stopped", that's exactly what it means......the muzzle is completely motionless.
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CYA friends, what confuses the masses about a stopped muzzle, is the fact that the "parallel node" has length.....
And as long as every round you fire stays within the length of the parallel node, as it leaves the muzzle, accuracy will be exactly the same as if the muzzle is actually stopped, even if the "exact center" of the parallel node isn't at the exit of the crown.
I'm going to stop here, for now.....I'm headed back to the range.
Having a stopped muzzle is most certainly a luxury.......because there's so few RFBR guns that have their muzzles stopped, for a multitude of reasons.
( The biggest reason is that most of them aren't capable of having their muzzles stopped)
Your friend, Bill Calfee
CYA friends:
Why did I just use the word "luxury" in the title of this thread?
I used the word "luxury", because a RFBR gun having a true "stopped muzzle" is most certainly a luxury, simply because the muzzles of most RFBR guns are not stopped.
You read that correctly, most RFBR guns do not have stopped muzzles.
_______________________________
One of the reasons most RFBR guns do not have their muzzles stopped, is because it is impossible to stop the muzzle of a gun that is not capable of having its muzzle stopped.
Very few RFBr guns today are capable of having their muzzles stopped, for a variety of reasons.
(And as long as there's so much goofy tuning nonsense floating around the Internet, that ain't about to change any time soon.)
___________________________
Exactly what does it mean to have the muzzle stopped?
I've probably said this a thousand times over the years, but:
When the "exact center" of the "parallel node" is moved to the exit of the crown, by a properly weighted and positioned MD, the muzzle becomes stopped.
And when I use the word "stopped", that's exactly what it means......the muzzle is completely motionless.
________________________________
CYA friends, what confuses the masses about a stopped muzzle, is the fact that the "parallel node" has length.....
And as long as every round you fire stays within the length of the parallel node, as it leaves the muzzle, accuracy will be exactly the same as if the muzzle is actually stopped, even if the "exact center" of the parallel node isn't at the exit of the crown.
I'm going to stop here, for now.....I'm headed back to the range.
Having a stopped muzzle is most certainly a luxury.......because there's so few RFBR guns that have their muzzles stopped, for a multitude of reasons.
( The biggest reason is that most of them aren't capable of having their muzzles stopped)
Your friend, Bill Calfee
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