Originally Posted by 03RN
Have any jacketed bullets to try?
The bright side is its easier to open them up than skinny them down.
Have any jacketed bullets to try?
The bright side is its easier to open them up than skinny them down.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
No .357 bullets. Just .355.
Your right and I'm not really complaining. I was expecting it.
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam,
And the home of the wolf shall be my home - Robert Service
Id guess it may shoot well with the 355s anyway.
You can try oiling a cast bullet and forcing it through, then measuring it. You may just need skinnier cast bullets now? (trying to be optimistic)
Its one of those little things that arent always little when you just want something to work. It can be frustrating to have a project when youd rather be shooting.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
With the -8 there's no gas ring which led to a lot of atomized lead on the arbor which led to binding.
I had it honed by a guy at castboolits which solved that issue 100% and allowed me to shoot 500+ cast bullets without cleaning or binding.
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam,
And the home of the wolf shall be my home - Robert Service
Can you share what your approximate round count is on the 66-8 ?
I just started shooting one semi-seriously and considering buying a second one as a spare.
Thanks!
I had forgotten about that. One would hope its ready to go with the new cylinder, but thats a good way to get it back to top level performance again.
“Far better it is to dare mighty things, to win glorious triumphs, even though checkered by failure, than to take rank with those poor spirits who neither enjoy much nor suffer much, because they live in the gray twilight that knows neither victory nor defeat.”
― Theodore Roosevelt
50k split pretty evenly between magnum and .38+p
And absolute ton of hard dryfireing.
Last edited by 03RN; 07-11-2023 at 08:07 PM.
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam,
And the home of the wolf shall be my home - Robert Service
I'm pretty happy with it considering I was expecting the undersized throats.
I'm just not sure if I want to send it off, rent the proper tools or try emery cloth and a drill. I did the later on my redhawk and it came out well.
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam,
And the home of the wolf shall be my home - Robert Service
@Jim Watson turned me on to the flex hone system ($26 off Amazon).
Worked great for me.
How do you ensure a consistent size?
When I used Emory cloth wrapped around a dowel in a drill it was a lot of checking.
On the ragged edge of the world I'll roam,
And the home of the wolf shall be my home - Robert Service
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