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Post by Odin on Feb 19, 2024 16:40:01 GMT -5
I'm beginning to believe that actually, we all agree.
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Post by Odin on Feb 19, 2024 16:38:44 GMT -5
Just curious, 4” group at what distance? (whispering) 25 yards.
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Post by Odin on Feb 19, 2024 13:32:36 GMT -5
"I've been shooting too long to blame my shooting skills."
I think the thing that has me perplexed, and maybe others, is that you're of an apparently advanced skill level with a revolver, yet you're asking questions about revolver fit and function that are rather sophomoric.
Revolvers and rifles are two different things. Skill with one does not necessitate proficiency with the other.
Here, of course, we are speaking strictly about skills with a revolver.
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Post by Odin on Feb 18, 2024 22:36:29 GMT -5
No one here told you to spend a lot of money. I told you of a source for size dies. Bushy told you of another. Neither one is terribly expensive.
You mentioned asking Bowen to cut you a new cylinder without sending him the gun ($1000). Reeder was offered as an alternative ($650), but rightfully neither will do so without gun in hand, as Rugers are not made of Legos, hands and eyes are fragile, and lawsuits are a thing.
But now we've moved on to oversized throats, chamber-to-bore misalignment and somehow there's something wrong with the forcing cone? How did all this happen in the span of a Sunday afternoon nap?
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Post by Odin on Feb 18, 2024 21:47:14 GMT -5
Think a little harder about this Dang it, Ed! Here I am telling the poor bloke to stop thinking so hard while you're telling him to THINK HARDER!!! Ahh-ha-ha-ha-ha!! What a mess!
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Post by Odin on Feb 18, 2024 21:28:03 GMT -5
...why size the bullet to the throat?... Cast bullets get sized to throat diameter or slightly under because oversized bullets run the risk of raising chamber pressure rather significantly (most of us are quite fond of our hands and eyes) and undersized bullets will allow gas blow by, causing leading of the bore (no one likes lousy accuracy or scrubbing lead out of a barrel). Earlier you mentioned 0.4325 throats and a 0.431 bore. To most here, that sounds like a perfectly workable combination. Pour or pay for 0.432-inch cast slugs. Load and launch. Don't spend time worrying about issues that aren't yet issues, chiefly chamber -bore alignment, which most of us can't measure with any real accuracy anyway, and forcing cones, which Ruger seems to do just fine cutting, regardless of what all the Internet experts tell you.
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Post by Odin on Feb 16, 2024 18:02:05 GMT -5
Buffalo Arms carries custom size dies. You might have to backorder it (they might need to make one), but they are available.
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Post by Odin on Feb 15, 2024 10:44:31 GMT -5
This is all very curious. The BFR was originally sold with a rather chubby Uncle Mike's grip, which while serviceable, certainly left a lot to be desired in all regards. A bit after the transition to Kahr they came out with a new design which is very similar to the one Reflex has on his Bisley, BUT it fit the plowhandle grip frame (probably made by Hogue). Then came the Bisley. And now, apparently, black Hogue's for the Bisley.
When the new, slimmer, extended grips came out for the plowhandle, they were available through Magnum Research for around $30. They probably still are, even if they're not listed in their parts store. I was always meaning to get a set to try out, but then a Freedom Arms came to live here and the BFR got put on the back burner... I should probably hunt down a set.
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Post by Odin on Feb 12, 2024 11:28:05 GMT -5
Seat the bullet so that the entire front drive band is inside the case. I believe David seats so that the front drive band is .020-inches or so below the case mouth. This should be accompanied by an appropriate decrease in powder charge, as has been indicated.
Deep seating increases neck tension, which promotes more consistent ignition/velocity/and hopefully accuracy. Less powder also suggests less recoil as there is less ejecta mass.
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Post by Odin on Feb 6, 2024 20:50:42 GMT -5
The Brian Pearce article in this group is the standard reference.... www.goodrichfamilyassoc.org/44_Special_Articles/All of them should be required reading for owners of a 44 Special. There is another Pearce article with similar loads. I can't recall if it contained bullets in the 270-285 grain range. There's also LoadData.com,. which is worth its weight in gold.
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Post by Odin on Feb 5, 2024 14:16:50 GMT -5
Kelye does still have some pins in stock. It'd be worth the effort to find out if he still has the 454/480 pins available. And Ronnie Wells said in a previous update that he will be picking up where Kelye has left off. No mention of a time frame, but they will be available.
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Post by Odin on Feb 2, 2024 10:33:45 GMT -5
How did the lil' 22 perform? What range, presentation, etc? I often carry the same and although I've only seen a couple armadillo here, I've wondered how the little rimfire would fare. I shot it at about 15 yards, I waited until it was facing me and shot it in the top of the head with a 40gr. HP (Waltz die). It did a lot of flopping. Thanks for the specifics. I lived on a river as a teenager. My mother hated the ducks that would congregate on her dock, for the mess they would leave behind. I took to popping one in the rear with a shot from an old break-action pellet rifle every few weeks to keep them cleared off. Early summer came and I grew tired of the silliness, but went down to clear them off again anyway. Whacked one in the butt and they all flew off but one. The little junker rifle wasn't exactly true to the sights, so I thought about where I aimed at the first duck and where the pellet struck. Held off about that much on the straggler and let fly. About 15 yards, maybe a bit more. Thwack! Right in the noggin. It did a lot of flopping too... And we didn't see another duck on the dock for the rest of the summer.
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Post by Odin on Feb 2, 2024 9:38:12 GMT -5
Ever since armadillos have been migrating north I have been looking for the opportunity. Yesterday I shot my first armadillo with my 617. Warm February day are said to bring them out. How did the lil' 22 perform? What range, presentation, etc? I often carry the same and although I've only seen a couple armadillo here, I've wondered how the little rimfire would fare.
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Post by Odin on Feb 2, 2024 8:44:11 GMT -5
Just found one for a pretty good price and ordered it up. Aquaticgear.shop Have you used that site before? Something doesn't seem right. Contact info phone number is Idaho area code. Listed address doesn't seem to exist.
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Post by Odin on Feb 2, 2024 8:26:23 GMT -5
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