WrongHanded
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I jumped in on a new caliber this week, and things came together today. No shooting just yet, but I'll get to that next weekend.
I just got the Cast Bullet manual, which has some extra data not included in Lyman 50th. So I now have some data for .41 mag lead loads. And the Acme bullets just arrived. Now I have two loads to work up.
I had some parts left over from converting my .44 SBH to a Bisley. So I used those parts and added a stainless ejector rod housing, which was mainly for the look I admit, as the original turned out to be blued steel and not the aluminum I thought it was. Then a PC free spin pawl (@Varminterror suggested one for my SBH, and I ended up installing one in that too. Much better than the half-cock system I originally used). I also put in a 18# mainspring from a previous spring kit. Hopefully that'll be enough; it shoots a bic pen about 4 feet in the air (pretty similar to the SBH which has a 19# spring and works fine). I know, very scientific, so I'll have to thoroughly test it. I also found the cylinder latch was a little high when the gate was open, creating drag on the cylinder. I hadn't noticed it before I installed the free spin pawl, but did notice the scratches on in cylinder in the "pre-op" pic. Being confident I'd put the gun back together correctly, I compared it to my SBH and found it high. So I filled it down til I got a little clearance with the gate open. Then the cyclinder spun like it should, and with the gate closed it still locks up positively.
And then my new leather arrived, from Simply Rugged.
Now I just have to finish the sight painting, in Hot Tamale!
After all this, I hope I actually like the cartridge. But I suspect I will.
I just got the Cast Bullet manual, which has some extra data not included in Lyman 50th. So I now have some data for .41 mag lead loads. And the Acme bullets just arrived. Now I have two loads to work up.
I had some parts left over from converting my .44 SBH to a Bisley. So I used those parts and added a stainless ejector rod housing, which was mainly for the look I admit, as the original turned out to be blued steel and not the aluminum I thought it was. Then a PC free spin pawl (@Varminterror suggested one for my SBH, and I ended up installing one in that too. Much better than the half-cock system I originally used). I also put in a 18# mainspring from a previous spring kit. Hopefully that'll be enough; it shoots a bic pen about 4 feet in the air (pretty similar to the SBH which has a 19# spring and works fine). I know, very scientific, so I'll have to thoroughly test it. I also found the cylinder latch was a little high when the gate was open, creating drag on the cylinder. I hadn't noticed it before I installed the free spin pawl, but did notice the scratches on in cylinder in the "pre-op" pic. Being confident I'd put the gun back together correctly, I compared it to my SBH and found it high. So I filled it down til I got a little clearance with the gate open. Then the cyclinder spun like it should, and with the gate closed it still locks up positively.
And then my new leather arrived, from Simply Rugged.
Now I just have to finish the sight painting, in Hot Tamale!
After all this, I hope I actually like the cartridge. But I suspect I will.