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I've seen posts where numbers appear on barrels and have also read these numbers represent the barrel weight before the barrels are "struck."
What does that term mean, please?
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The term 'striking' refers to the final shaping of the barrel exterior. Draw filing is a major part of the process. Sometimes the draw filing marks are visible when the barrels are held to a light, especially adjacent to the ribs. Someone with more extensive knowledge and/or experience will be along shortly. Cheers!
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The short answer: the process of hand filing and polishing barrels to get them to the proper shape, weight, wall thickness, and balance. One of the black arts of gunmaking . . . .
Our friends in the UK can elaborate, perhaps
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Second question is why they record the pre-strike weight and not the finished weight?
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When an order for a gun specifying a a set weight and barrel length, the pre-struck weight was used. The fitter knew that by using a known weight barrel, he could end up with a gun of the prescribed weight.
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BTW:
If barrels are improperly struck looking down them will resemble the Pacific Ocean in a Force 10 gale. If you have an inexpensive double laying around look down the barrels and you'll more than likely see what I mean.
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BTW:
If barrels are improperly struck looking down them will resemble the Pacific Ocean in a Force 10 gale. If you have an inexpensive double laying around look down the barrels and you'll more than likely see what I mean.
Jim I've seen that effect on a few refinished shotguns, one of them a 16 ga. Sterlingworth, but I attributed it to someone putting the barrels to a wire wheel to remove rust and such and them reblueing.
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Most of us "strike" barrels against a car door or rock.  That then requires dent removal.  The term refers to draw filing a barrel. Modern machinery has minimized the need for much "striking". Tubes I bought once had walls that were .035 and very consistant.
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"Striking" is a metal removal process (filing and polishing). The amount of metal removed and location from which it is removed determines peak barrel stress, as well as the barrel's contribution to gun weight, balance, and swing efforts. The barrel maker had major input into the gun's characteristics.
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Rocketman is right, and the location of striking is one of the secrets to the "instant of inertia" that is touted by certain firms. It is that "something" which you like about a certain gun but can't put your finger on...Steve
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