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Not to hijack the thread too much, but whatever happened to Charter Arms anways? Who bought them? I know they're back with recent revolvers that some people claim are about as good as the ones they put out in the 70's-early 80's. Or "as good as a Taurus" and have a nice finish.
No.
9mm Federal has a standard rim and is not "9mm Auto Rim" and is not for use in clipguns like S&W 940 or SP101 without clips. Nor a Taurus 905.
Apart from Charter's business faults there was some worry that a 9mm Federal would chamber in a a .38 S&W at three times the pressure.
I could be wrong (wouldn't be the first time), but I could have sworn the boxes of Fed 9R that I've seen at shows said exactly that -- 9mm Auto Rim or something like that.
If they weren't marketed for the 9x19 revolvers, what for?
you know, i was trying to find some 9mm federal for a friend of mine. i did find some on some website (can't remember, took a while to find it) and it was going for $2 a round. i also read on another website that you can just resize .38 S&W in a 9mm die and load it to 9x19 specs.
If your chambers are cut to properly headspace on the case mouth (they should be, regardless of moonclips) then 9mm Federal should chamber and fire with no problems. Since the same size Taurus is made in 38 Special, rim interference shouldn't be an issue.
By headspacing on the case mouth, you should also be able to make rimmed 9mm cases from 38 S&W cases. Trim them to .76", run them trough a 9mm die, trim them to final lenght and load them. Keep them out of old 38 S&W revolvers. There should be enough room in speedloaders for the 605 to allow you to load these cases, but maybe not. I'd be curious enough to check.
IIRC, the 9mm Federal was intended for use in those revolvers which fired 9mm Luger/Parabellum with modified extractors rather than moon clips. It is not, in other words, a "9mm Auto Rim" requiring a large headspace. The Charter Arms revolver will supposedly chamber and fire both 9mm Federal and 9mm Luger, but would not have proper extraction with the latter, and cases would have to be pulled/punched out individually.
As only1asterisk says, regular 9mm should work OK, and I think the other options on making cases should work, though I have not tried.
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