[SEL] OT Strange bolt/gun barrel

[Bill Boyce]

bill,, thats almost as weird as a gun barrel i bought once,,, i had ordered 
a heavy barrel/target upper for AR15 once,, glanced down the barrell to see 
if could see light, mounted the scope , hurridly ran a swab thru it once to 
clean out any dirt from shipping, mounted it on the lower and went 
shooting,,, couldnt get anything on a 2 foot square target at 100 yards, 
moved up to about 25 yards and bullet holes were all over the sheet, going 
in sideways even,,,,,, it was then that i took a close look down the barrel, 
and could find NO riflings,,,,,, had a hard time convincing the builder when 
i called him to return it,,, he said he'd NEVER  had that happen before,,,,,
bill boyce
lost prairie, arkansas


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jim and Diane" <jd.kirkes at verizon.net>
To: "The SEL email discussion list" <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 1:10 PM
Subject: Re: [SEL] OT Strange bolt.


> Hi Bill,
>
> The bolt you have is one that for some reason did not advance as it went 
> through the thread rolling machine.
>
> Jim
>
> Jim and Diane Kirkes
> Hemet, CA
> jd.kirkes at verizon.net
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: <BillMil357 at aol.com>
> To: <sel at lists.stationary-engine.com>
> Sent: Monday, March 21, 2005 9:31 AM
> Subject: Re: [SEL] OT Strange bolt.
>
>
>> Hey Men, I was mounting a seat on a 1972 Cub Cadet Lawn tractor that I am
>> restoring and a fellow gave me four 5/16 in. bolts to mount it , three of 
>> the
>> bolts were fine but the other one I could not get the nut started, 
>> checked
>> closer and I could not see a taper of the threads on the end for a left 
>> hand or
>> right hand thread, I took one of the other bolts and put my thumb nail in 
>> the
>> second thread from the end and turned the bolt to the right and my nail 
>> moved
>> right up toward the head of the bolt, I did the same thing to the other 
>> bolt
>> and  my nail never move, it stayed in the same place on the bolt, turning 
>> it
>> to the  right of the left, so this bolt just had grooves cut into it 
>> straight
>> around the bolt and not connected to the next groove, has anyone ever 
>> seen
>> one  if so what in the world are they for, it would mesh right in one of 
>> the
>> other  bolts same amount of grooves per inch. In my 76 years on this 
>> earth I have
>> never  seen anything like it, someone give me some info. on this it bugs 
>> me
>> Ha Ha. I  bet you people thought I was gone but I browse on here every 
>> day.
>> Thanks,
>> Bill Miller.
>> Memphis, TN.
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