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Twist Barrel For Pistols

gouldian · 2012-07-10 18:52:53

Anybody got experience with these and if so are they worth buying. I was thinking about getting one for a Marui MEU. From the little info I could find it looks like only Tanio Koba make them and they are supposed to work well giving much better accuracy for guns shooting up to 1J in power. I have only seen them listed for…

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10-07-2012 7:52pm

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gouldian

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Anybody got experience with these and if so are they worth buying. I was thinking about getting one for a Marui MEU. From the little info I could find it looks like only Tanio Koba make them and they are supposed to work well giving much better accuracy for guns shooting up to 1J in power. I have only seen them listed for Marui M1911A1 guns. Are the barrels on the TM M1911A1 and TM MEU's the same. Thanks

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#2 10-07-2012 11:09pm
OzCam

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This was discussed a couple of months ago. The Search utility should be able to find the thread for you but IIRC the consensus was that twist barrels are pretty much a waste of time and money for pistols. The barrels are too short to make any real difference.

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#3 11-07-2012 10:50pm
gouldian

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Thanks - will get a tightbore instead

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