Post by nobearsyet on Jun 6, 2009 12:05:26 GMT -5
I got a real bright idea last night at about 3am over on the leverguns forum (couldn't sleep s oI got up and did a bit of surfing) As probably everyone here knows I have Stainless blackhawk with a cracked gripframe in 45 Colt, I saw over there that somebody trimmed a 45 Colt case short, stuck a 475 diameter heel type bullet in it adnd they're calling it the 480 Achilles. It seems as though as far as the cylinder goes all that was required to ream the shoulder out of the cylinder, it stayed a six shooter. They also swapped the barrel out for a 475 bore (or I should say they had Reeder do it). I am wondering if I were to buy a Pac-Nor pre thread 475 and order a reamer from Manson if this is something I might reasonably try at home. I have built a couple rifles (including finish reaming the chambers by hand on a few Mausers and Rem 700s), and modified many a shotgun over the years so home gunsmithing doesn't scare me too much, I in fact enjoy it a great deal, but don't have a lathe or a mill. Anyone with some revolver modifying experience care to chime in.
