what's a throated barrel?

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firecracker6	what's a throated barrel?	Lead	[-]
Posts: 14 (02/24/2008 02:05:55) Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	Tags : None I read once in a while that a pistol has a throated barrel. What does that mean exactly? I think I have an idea but what does it look like and is it worth trying to do to mine someday?
Walt Sherrill		#1	[-]
Posts: 16049 (02/24/2008 06:14:40) CZF Chief Moderator CZF Supporter Reply Quote More My Recent Posts Message Me Connection Blocking Invite Ignore User's Posts Report Post	A "throated barrel" is a technique that was first developed for 1911 pistols in their conventional GI form. Its a way of make a narrow feed rame a bit wider. (Its not really visible unless you can compare to barrels, one throated and one not.) You'll see the top of the feed ramp opened up a bit, in 1911s. Unless you've having feed problems, it's not something that is routinely needed -- especially for guns with a newer design.

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