Thread: A FEG PA-63 barrel rifling question....

Quote: If these are typical, the frames should be marked with a year of manufacture; does the older gun have more wear? Mine don't show the date of manufacture unless its in code in the serial number. Both barrels show the same kind of rifling by the way and both guns are definitely surplus.I should have posted this as a more generic question in another location.

Is it possible that one has the new-style polyoganal rifling and the other has the old style button rifling?

If these are typical, the frames should be marked with a year of manufacture; does the older gun have more wear?

I don't believe that the FEG's ever used a polygonal barrel of any type. I have a few PA63 and/or it's caliber variations such as the 32acp AP-MBP; and they all have traditional rifling. It's not always the most pronounced, but it's definitely traditional rifling. Now one thing to remember is; there are some PA63 that were made specifically for import. These are pretty much new. And then there's some that were...