Recent content by Slamfire

I think your data is fine, as long as you are not having sticky extraction. I decided to use Skeeter Skelton's 357 load using 2400 and 38 Special cases. Skeeter used a 158 grain bullet with 13.5 grains 2400 in a 38 Special case. His 357's apparently handled that well, and I used that load but...

Outstanding! Now comparisons can be made against other pistol mechanisms, and other calibers, if others can find that data. I searched and only found total pistol quantities. I did call S&W this week for M41 parts. I asked customer service how many 44 Mags they make/made and customer service...

Little 38 snubbies are priced right, and sized right. some other things I like 1) Simple to operate. No flippers, levers, buttons to push. Revolvers are very intuitive. 2) it is a lot harder to shoot your self with a double action revolver than some striker fired pistol.

That 44 Magnum is a mouse fart compared to 16 inchers: or you could carry the light version. real men toss nukies. This is the atomic cannon: Pecker pull contests based on the size of one's handgun are offensive, and stupid.

I personally thought this was much safer than either a cocked and locked 1911, or one of those striker fired pistols. with this pistol, you rack the slide to chamber a round, hit the decocker and the hammer falls. First shot is long, heavy, double action pull. Fast draw gamers did not like...

I don't know. We can all make theories. One problem is, bullet manufacturer's have 300 yard/300 meter wind tunnels, but no further. I was squadded next to the Berger Ballistician who developed loads, and ran lot acceptance tests in a 300 meter windtunnel. (or was it yards?) He claimed that...

Perhaps you did notice the topic is "Are 44 Revolvers Dying?" Lets see, 445 Supermag, a revolver cartridge. A cartridge based on the 44 Magnum. A new development, but much in the box, so to say. I was unaware of 445 Supermag cartridge, new to me. 444 Marlin. That's a 1960's rifle cartridge...

I agree with Mike Venturino in that the 44 caliber has remained stagnant since the 44 Magnum. Been a lot more new 45 caliber cartridges and 500 caliber than 44. I think the market wants bigger boomers, and everything from 45 to 50 gives them what they want.

I guess I am going to have to slug my barrel. I gave up on shooting it, it was so inaccurate.

I had a ten picture limitation in the previous post, but I thought a P.J O'Hare micrometer would be of interest. Thanks to Google books. I have a USMC front and rear on one of my M1903's. The blade is wider, of more use, is the battle sight zero is 200 yards with the USMC front sight...

My 1884 the rear sight This is a very complicated sight, and I am going to claim, what you see in the Army sight designs, the influence of target shooting games. I know from my 1913 Small Arms book, and from other documents, Soldiers were shooting on round bull targets. There are 1000...

There were those that swore by moly, and those that swore at it. A long range champ who rebarreled a number of my rifles, told me that his long range scores were consistently down by a point, maybe two, when he used moly. He had a great barrel he took off his rifle and stored it in the rafters...

I am very curious as to the bullet you are using. I was told the 1884's had 0.460 diameter tubes. What I do know, my 0.458" commercial cast bullets leaded and were very inaccurate. I do believe it is impossible to blow enough lube a blackpowder barrel. The more, the merrier. I have no idea why...

Only one gunpowder producer in the US, it is not as if we American's have a lot of choice.

Per an inflation calculator, $350 in 1999 is worth $656 today. (After Biden inflation, you better get used to using an inflation calculator) . Obviously $656 is not $2,125.00. Yogi Beri: "Its tough to make predictions, especially of the future" . There are a number of "legendary" firearms that...