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Post by bradshaw on May 31, 2015 12:59:42 GMT -5
coloradoyaler.... by "auto indexing," do you mean CYLINDER FLOAT? I described cylinder float in print at least as far back as 1980, specifically on the Model 29 .44 Magnum. Took Smith & Wesson, then owned by Bangor Punta, at least a year to acknowledge. Heavy recoil sets the chain of mechanical events in motion, specifically abetted by the lightly-sprung S&W cylinder stop. David Bradshaw
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Post by schmidty on Jun 1, 2015 7:43:06 GMT -5
Had one ,excellent shooter but too much frame and cylinder for the gun Much agreed. One of the reasons I sold my long cylinder BFR - just impractically large and unwieldy IMHO. I did buy a M500 4"...which, while still large, is much more "handy"
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Post by schmidty on Jun 1, 2015 7:47:21 GMT -5
Oh yeah - you guys with the auto indexing and other problems with the X-Frame - wha kind of loads are you firing? Does it only happen with hot loads and heavier bullets? Also, do you think that maybe the inertia of that long 8-3/8 barrel during recoil might be a factor?
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Post by Thunderjet on Jun 1, 2015 12:10:20 GMT -5
Oh yeah - you guys with the auto indexing and other problems with the X-Frame - wha kind of loads are you firing? Does it only happen with hot loads and heavier bullets? Also, do you think that maybe the inertia of that long 8-3/8 barrel during recoil might be a factor? I owned 5 different X frames when I lived in Alaska, two in .460 and 3 in .500. Barrels ranged from 4 inch up to 10 (might of been 12?). Shot pretty much full power loads out of all of them. Never once did I have any issues with any of the revolvers.
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