svartkruttgris#369 wrote on Feb 2
nd, 2019 at 4:13pm:
Nice info!!
That #5 Express roller is clearly not a M33. Does it have full-sized Rem #1 action box?
Is rifling in barrel of #5 Express rifle typical Henry rifling? Is its rifling close to what is in M33 that Yellowhouse slugged?
Thanks!
The #5 450 Express is full size, it has very typical 7-groove Alexander Henry Rifling, no question about it (as it is stamped on the barrel), maybe the payed some royalty for using it? dont know.
Husqvarna used Henry rifling in their 450 SBS double barrles as well.
(Still dont think Husqvarna knew about Harry Pope....)
The m/33 seems to have both flat bottom grooves and ordinary radius grooves depending on when they were made. Older ones have radius rifling, newer flat bottom.
My fathers 8mm have flat bottom grooves, the 6mm and 9,3 are radius groove.
The flat bottom groove is similar to a Henry rifling.
The 8mm are flat bottom 6-groove, the lands are wider than an true Henry rifling.
Maybe the tried to work around the Henry Patent and made their own variant?
I have a Husqvarna Reloading instruction from 1886, will add some more information later on.