I never got around to showing you the 25 Carbine I made a few weeks ago.



It features a special type of inlay I developed in the 70's.



I also inlaid the integral guard ...



And both sides of the forestock.

The range test was documented not long ago. I think I easily ran it up around 80 fpe with the Barnes commercial slugs Surefire Casting makes with the one lousy single mold cause Gary insists upon trying to plaquate Mother Nature ....

Thanks for reading ....

Gary



Edited 1 time(s). Last edit at 05/04/2014 07:49PM by barnespneumatic.

Here's one of the threads on Range Testing. Copy:

I have a bunch of chrono numbers.

Lets see - first couple of shots ever with a simple 3,000 psi fill.

Beeman 25 caliber Kodiak flew first for 938 fps ......
and the Diana 25 flew 1070 fps. With a touch more air - it went 1090 fps.

The Kodiak is about 30.94 grains by weighing 5 on a balance beam scale and dividing. By the same technique, the Diana is 19.52 grains.

Now this is absolutely right off the bench. No tuning. No fiddling. I've never made one of these. This was a design where I made judgement calls ... Seems this port should be thus .... That should be so ...

It worked. Very sweet carbine. VERY quiet. Very light.

Trigger is a dream.

Pics later. It's not in the stock. This was just shooting the action. Cocks very easy. Amazing power in the shots. Pics later!

Gary

Then this was the second part of the range testing ....


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This is the Barnes 6 Ring slug I designed for the commercial market. Surefire Casting have produced tens of thousands of these for use - mostly with the guys who use the Air Force Guns.

I weighed the 6 ring manually at 62.5 grains.



I filled the Pistol Carbine to 3,300 psi. Made a very, very minor tune. And shot this slug at 772 fps



That works out to 82.7 foot points from a 25 pistol action!
Not too Shabby ....

Hummmm.

I recall when that was near the record for big bore energy! Wasn't that long ago.

This has an actual barrel far shorter then the shroud. Amazing.

Gary

Love the inlay Gary. Impressive numbers also!

That's Purdy!

Very nice. Is this a sliding breech model ?

Hi Sean,
Yes, it is. I like it as my favorite. Allows a variety of ammo lengths to all be positioned against the rifling. Has no interference of the transfer port. Safest against customer error.

Gary

Gary,

Beautiful rifle. The gun looks like it has a little Maverick pedigree. The inlay is exceptional.

Lon

Hi Lon,
Maverick and Appaloosa heritage.

Gary