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Post by flyingzebra on Mar 22, 2021 22:33:04 GMT -5
What happened to the 41 caliber Python barrel I sold Jack a few years back? That's a good question for Jack. My attention is typically focused on the parts that I'm building.
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rvolvr
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Post by rvolvr on Mar 25, 2021 13:35:34 GMT -5
In 1981-83, I lived in Irving, TX, just 15 miles from Peeble's. They were my go-to gun store. Bought my wife's first CCW gun there - a Detective Special. Very nice gun, but not quite up to being bored for .41 anything. $289.95 then. I suspect it's worth a bit more now. I wonder if I could list it on Gun Broker at an exorbitant price as having passed through the hands of "Bubba", albeit unscathed.
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richp
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Post by richp on Jul 22, 2021 21:50:00 GMT -5
There is one on Gunbroker, two days to go! I saw one at Will Rogers gun show in Ft. Worth some years ago.
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Odin
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Post by Odin on Jul 22, 2021 23:05:06 GMT -5
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Post by bradshaw on Jul 22, 2021 23:19:49 GMT -5
Considering redesign from my meager perspective, the old Colt double action offers a strength advantage over the Smith & Wesson. However, steel & heat treatment would have to be equal between the guns to test theoretical advantage. Both have used very good steel and heat treatment in cylinders, but I believe S&W may have advantage in the frame. (As a digression, no doubt the Colt is a more labor-intensive assembly. By labor-intensive I also mean SKILL-INTENSIVE.)
As for expanding chamber diameter for a larger cartridge, the radius between CYLINDER PIN and BORE AXIS allows only so much CHAMBER DIAMETER and BORE DIAMETER. The Python sports a thin BARREL TENON, or shank or stub----all this jargon works as long as we know what we’re talking about. In addition, the swing-out double action must also accommodate the CRANE (Colt), or YOKE (S&W). Mechanical detail eats TENON diameter. The Ruger Redhawk takes note of this and drops the EJECTOR ROD below the axis of the CYLINDER PIN, thereby allowing for a fatter BARREL TENON. The Redhawk/Super Redhawk ejector rod positions itself lower on the crane and does not rotate----the entire CRANE sits lower beneath the barrel.
This, with Ruger’s solid frame construction, is why I call the Redhawk a compact big bore double action revolver.
The "new model Python” might have taken advantage of Ruger advancements----and then concentrate on refining single and double action pull----but Colt did not. Which tells this shooter the new model Python is aimed at jewelry collectors, not shooters. Areview of artillery at Aberdeen Proving Ground suggests a big shell full of powder wants some meat around it when it goes off. David Bradshaw
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Post by pacecars on Jul 23, 2021 7:46:44 GMT -5
I have talked to a reputable gunsmith about rechambering the .357 to 10mm and he said the only problem is no current moon clips exist that will fit. He said he will have the ability to make them soon and to check back with him in a few months and he should be able to do it for me after he tests it
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awp101
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Post by awp101 on Jul 23, 2021 12:51:39 GMT -5
So what was the legal issue with the Peeble's conversions? Was he passing them off as factory Colt products instead remarking them to show he did the work?
Seems like if rechambering/reboring or otherwise changing the caliber of a firearm is somehow wrong, the lawyers will be busy until a day or so past Armageddon.
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Post by rjm52 on Jul 24, 2021 8:49:13 GMT -5
There is one for sale right now on GunBroker...
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Post by rkcohen on Aug 2, 2021 9:27:29 GMT -5
almost makes you think about s&w and/or ruger gp guns in 10mm...
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Post by squawberryman on Aug 2, 2021 14:32:01 GMT -5
almost
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