Threaded barrels
Threaded barrels
Is there any advantage in 13.5 x 1 mm VS 1/2 x 28 assuming you are starting from scratch and don't have anything yet?
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Re: Threaded barrels
Slightly larger bearing surface.Liver wrote:Is there any advantage in 13.5 x 1 mm VS 1/2 x 28 assuming you are starting from scratch and don't have anything yet?
12.7*3.1416=39.9 vs 13.5*3.1416=42.41
But at the level of torque that a pistol generates, it really doesn't matter. Just the difference b/t metric vs English Imperial Units.
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Re: Threaded barrels
Imperial supposedly has more tendency to unscrew than Metric. I haven't witnessed this personally though.
Metric can get away with less threads than imperial.
Metric has o-rings that help keep the threads clean and the part in place.
More US smiths will cut Imperial threads over Metrics.
I am sure there are more comparisons, just off the top of my head....
Metric can get away with less threads than imperial.
Metric has o-rings that help keep the threads clean and the part in place.
More US smiths will cut Imperial threads over Metrics.
I am sure there are more comparisons, just off the top of my head....
Re: Threaded barrels
Thanks. I am contemplating an HK and was thinking of keeping it all metric.Bendersquint wrote:Imperial supposedly has more tendency to unscrew than Metric. I haven't witnessed this personally though.
Metric can get away with less threads than imperial.
Metric has o-rings that help keep the threads clean and the part in place.
More US smiths will cut Imperial threads over Metrics.
I am sure there are more comparisons, just off the top of my head....
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Re: Threaded barrels
Sounds good!Liver wrote:Thanks. I am contemplating an HK and was thinking of keeping it all metric.Bendersquint wrote:Imperial supposedly has more tendency to unscrew than Metric. I haven't witnessed this personally though.
Metric can get away with less threads than imperial.
Metric has o-rings that help keep the threads clean and the part in place.
More US smiths will cut Imperial threads over Metrics.
I am sure there are more comparisons, just off the top of my head....
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Re: Threaded barrels
For what reason? Form or function?Liver wrote:... I am contemplating an HK and was thinking of keeping it all metric.
What amount of a man is composed of his own collection of experiences... and the conclusions that those experiences have allowed him to "know" for certain as "Truth"? :Ick