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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 16, 2024 15:01:13 GMT -5
NO just the chamber!
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gcf
.30 Stingray
South Texas
Posts: 272
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Post by gcf on Mar 16, 2024 16:42:32 GMT -5
Polishing chambers is simple. Bore hone sells chamber polishing hones specific to the chamber. I buy them from Brownells. Most are 400 to 800 grit. Starting with the 400, I will use a touch of lubricant, mineral oil or tap magic. Insert the hone into the chamber and, using a cordless drill at a slow to medium speed, work the hone back and forth just until any machine marks are gone. Then do the same with the 800 until it's polished. Very little is actually removed, it's just to polish it up. Going overboard is bad. Was that FLEX-HONE? Also, are these things good for multiple 6 shot cylinders, or are they one trick ponies?
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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 16, 2024 17:13:47 GMT -5
Why not check it out on Brownells site, also you can punch in honing revolver cylinder chambers on google?
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Post by Encore64 on Mar 16, 2024 17:16:48 GMT -5
Polishing chambers is simple. Bore hone sells chamber polishing hones specific to the chamber. I buy them from Brownells. Most are 400 to 800 grit. Starting with the 400, I will use a touch of lubricant, mineral oil or tap magic. Insert the hone into the chamber and, using a cordless drill at a slow to medium speed, work the hone back and forth just until any machine marks are gone. Then do the same with the 800 until it's polished. Very little is actually removed, it's just to polish it up. Going overboard is bad. Was that FLEX-HONE? Also, are these things good for multiple 6 shot cylinders, or are they one trick ponies? Yes, Flex-Hone... Lube them with quality lube, don't run them too fast and they usually last a while. Main thing is keeping them moving in and out of the chamber for a quality result...
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Post by bigbore5 on Mar 16, 2024 17:37:10 GMT -5
Flex-hone is the manufacturer. I have done a few guns before they start wearing out.
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Post by bigbore5 on Mar 16, 2024 17:40:15 GMT -5
If the throats are rough, I will use the 800 grit to smooth it out some, but don't let the hone actually go through the throat any at all. Im sure to stop before even the first balls start through
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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 16, 2024 19:14:04 GMT -5
Basically you're honing/polishing the part of the chamber the cartridge sits in, and tad past that. You can look in your cylinder and see where the the cylinder steps UP to the cylinder throat.
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Post by marlin35 on Mar 16, 2024 20:16:47 GMT -5
Does that honing/polishing also make the ring from shorter rounds come out easier?
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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 16, 2024 20:19:13 GMT -5
Does that honing/polishing also make the ring from shorter rounds come out easier? Do you have a carbon ring or do you have actual corrosion or pitting? One should clean after firing shorter brass then you won't have the problem. If it's a carbon ring a tight fitting brass brush with the proper carbon cleaner and spun on a battery drill should clean that out.
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Post by Encore64 on Mar 16, 2024 20:33:28 GMT -5
Does that honing/polishing also make the ring from shorter rounds come out easier? I'd suspect it would. Rougher the surface, the better stuff sticks to it. There's a reason folks scuff up a surface before it's painted, etc. I always just put a little oil or solvent in mine, let it set, then they clean easy.
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Post by alukban on Mar 17, 2024 12:25:23 GMT -5
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Post by bigbore5 on Mar 17, 2024 12:35:53 GMT -5
Squirrels with a 45 is about like deer with a 105mm howitzer.
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Post by alukban on Mar 17, 2024 12:44:22 GMT -5
Squirrels with a 45 is about like deer with a 105mm howitzer. It’s more like “bowling” than chootin’
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Post by revolvercranker on Mar 17, 2024 13:14:04 GMT -5
I've shot squirrel with my Marlin Cowboy 94 using 255 grain SWC's and was surprised there wasn't as much meat damage as I thought where would be. One have to becareful of shooting howitzer rounds like that skyward and be sure of the background.
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Post by bigbore5 on Mar 17, 2024 13:27:54 GMT -5
I used to "bark" them off limbs by shooting the tree limb right under them with the .357. Killed them right out, but no meat loss.
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