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Originally Posted by WR Moore
Barrel threads are straight threads, not tapered pipe threads. If the frame and barrel have been properly threaded, there shouldn't be any reduction in bore diameter worth worrying about at the torque levels used in barreling revolvers.
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In a perfect world that's true. In our world barrels tend to be a crush fit in the frame all too often with a corresponding tight area in the barrel. Ruger is the worst but you see it in S&W's too. I've had 2 new S&W's with the barrel torqued so tight you could see a jog in the rifleing at the barrel/frame face from the barrel actually being twisted.