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Mojave Lever Crew
I sold my three-screw .41 Magnum Blackhawk for two reasons:
1. It had a timing/misalignment issue with the cylinder and bore axes.
2. There's nothing a 4-5/8" .41 will do that one 4-5/8" or two 5-1/2" .44 Special New Model flat top Blackhawks or a 7-1/2" Old Model Super Blackhawk won't do when using developed handloads. I am now a big fan of the classic Skeeter load of 7.5 grains Unique under a 250 gr Keith (authentic Keith) or a similar-weight Beartooth WFN cast bullet. I want to develop additional loads using these two slugs to 1000 fps with a couple of other powders too. Over the next while I want to develop a 300-grain bullet load for my Super. I am about to pressure-lap several of my revolvers; some just need a lil' bore smoothing and others have thread or dovetail choke.
I am keeping my Marlin 1894FG because I think 20" .41 Mag might be a superb carbine with heavy-for-caliber hardcast. I'm about to slug it's bore and order some 265 gr WFN from Beartooth even though I'd have to wait as long as three months.
1. It had a timing/misalignment issue with the cylinder and bore axes.
2. There's nothing a 4-5/8" .41 will do that one 4-5/8" or two 5-1/2" .44 Special New Model flat top Blackhawks or a 7-1/2" Old Model Super Blackhawk won't do when using developed handloads. I am now a big fan of the classic Skeeter load of 7.5 grains Unique under a 250 gr Keith (authentic Keith) or a similar-weight Beartooth WFN cast bullet. I want to develop additional loads using these two slugs to 1000 fps with a couple of other powders too. Over the next while I want to develop a 300-grain bullet load for my Super. I am about to pressure-lap several of my revolvers; some just need a lil' bore smoothing and others have thread or dovetail choke.
I am keeping my Marlin 1894FG because I think 20" .41 Mag might be a superb carbine with heavy-for-caliber hardcast. I'm about to slug it's bore and order some 265 gr WFN from Beartooth even though I'd have to wait as long as three months.