What type of glue? I've asked around looking for knowledge of these vent rib add-on's, but nobody seems to know much about them. I've closely examined the revolver under 10X magnification, and used a fine dental pick along the seam between the rib and the barrel ridge. What I found was something slightly 'rubber-like', it gave when I poked the dental pick at it. I was told my my local LGS (who didn't know anything about the rib or what it was secured with) to take it to a small gun shop across town, where the owner was very knowledgeable about S&W revolvers. He looked at it through a set of loupes and told me it was silver soldered in place, and it would be almost impossible to remove without making a huge mess, and would require re-bluing the gun afterwards. Iwant to believe him, and I mentioned that the adhesive seemed to be somewhat flexible, but I couldn't be sure.Nice looking gun...you sure the rib is silver soldered on? That should be a Pachmayer rib and as I recall they were glued on...
This is one mean looking round/bullet:I use the following load for hunting Black Bear and Elk. It puts them down very quickly.
• https://www.underwoodammo.com/colle...de-long-nose-gas-check?variant=18786989998137
And it is far cheaper than Buffalo Bore®.
This is one mean looking round/bullet
I would have used some .41 magnum cases,
I came across this issue while looking for load data for a discontinued Lee .410 240gn swc mold I purchased off of eBay.
Have yet to try 4227. I’ve been liking 2400 in my .44 spl so I hope to have positive results.
Thank you, I appreciate it, but I'm good with the couple of hundred specials I made.If you need some, I can probably peel some off my mountain of .41 brass. PM me if you are innersted.
I read the two articles, by Ayoob and Marshall. Not much new since then about why .41 magnum fell on it's butt as a LE caliber. I found it interesting in Marshall's article the contradictions in the perceived issues of the .357 Magnum. One statement was the manufacturer's claimed velocity of a round being 1550 fps, and the round tested in a 4" barrel being around 1145fps (which is about what a 124 gr. 9mm load runs) and saying the decreased velocity was a "critical loss in stopping power". Almost the very next sentence talks about the overpenetration problem with .357 Magnum. Can't have it both ways.http://americanhandgunner.com/1978issues/HND78.pdf
Here is some reading material for my fellow 41 mag fans.
Anybody else got anything .41 related going on?
Charlie98....
I use 2400 in my 41, a reasonable balance between the faster unique or CFE-P and w296/110 powders; especially with heavier bullets. CPC 250 gr bullet takes a lot of case, 13.5 gr 2400 yields approx 1130 fps from a FA83.
Also use 2400 in 45-70, lots of opinions about this. With 405 gr cast bullet try 25 gr. I seat an over powder wad at base of bullet and use magnum primers - not sure they help. 1450 fps from 18 inch barrel. Highly effective loading for me.