Originally Posted By: Argo44
Might as well repost this. Last February Gil asked me to take a look at this article on "Raye" barrels - see last paragraph. ....

" ... There is another particularity which we are going to find on the barrels of the IDEAL. The (shallow) rifling. For the dispersion of shot when firing at a short distance and for the shooting of ball, a number of IDEAL came, on special order, with the right barrel (unchoked) rifled “SUPRA” beginning in the 1920’s. ...."

Hello Agro44,
Thanks for the reply.

I guess that settles it. The shallow rifling was intended for shooting Ball, ... AND ... for the dispersion of shot at close distances.

So ... a Cape Gun ... or Combination Gun ? ? ?

Thank you for this information.

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