Rifling barrel for first strikes?

[JeeperCreeper]

Some swear by the Hammerhead barrel, I know that one's "specifically designed for FSR."

[markdem]

I actually made a rifling machine a couple weeks ago. Its a little janky. Could be made better with less slack in the system, but it works. You might wanna try building one so you can experiment yourself

[JeeperCreeper]

I haven't ever felt like First Strikes aren't accurate enough. Some claim the rifled barrels help, but I haven't bought one. I just shoot them from my PGP with a p68 Speed Demon bolt in it, or hand loaded into my Ion rifle, and they go where I point.

[Ecapnation]

Agreed... I have a pg I modified to single shit with a tweak to get the round past the gas port.

It's my compact go to first strike sidearm

[Jonnydread]

Single shot FSR is soooo fun. AnarchicArctic and JeeperCreeper turned me onto it, and it's such a blast.

[Jonnydread]

Agreed.

Anecdotally I felt like when I was using a rifled barrel the shots had slightly less "waver" at a distance, but I'm pretty sure it was mental snake oil. Now I just do the same and bore match and it shoots just about the same.

[Ecapnation]

People go nuts over the idea of rifled barrels with first strike... I've tried a bunch with mixed results and just stayed with bore matching

[KMDPB]

So I was in denial about FSRs for awhile but I built a single shot and man is it cool. I'm working on making a precision rifle and am considering rifling the brass barrel by making a rifling button. Since I've never really taken a close look at a dedicated first strike gun and have no plans on buying one I was curious if the rifling makes much difference since the fins on the projectile don't actually engage with the grooves of the rifling like with an actual bullet.