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Dwell Time

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Am in the process of cleaning up an old video hosting site and thought this might be of
use to the community.

I am not a professional gunsmith, just a dude that shoots.

Dwell Time

I inserted a link to the video hosted on Vimeo...is that the correct way?

Best Patrick.
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The flat on the barrel feet is what controls the dwell time, and it's very important for accuracy, because it keeps the barrel on the same plane as the bullet goes down the barrel.

Bulleyes gunsmiths fit the barrels this way, but I read somewhere (don't remember) that guns built for combat shooting, they want them only lock up at the very end with very short dwell time.
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The flat on the barrel feet is what controls the dwell time
Do they add in the thousandth of space around the slide stop in the frame, thousandth of space around lowing link hole to slide stop pin, thousandth at the link pin to link also before the link start to pull the barrel down?

I don’t know. These are just things I think about when I see measurements or “specs”.
Thanks Patrick, that was a cool video.
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