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I have a .30 Blackhawk, and the cylinder throats are so tight I have to seat bullets *very* deep in the cases in order to get the rounds to chamber properly. Almost shove them all the way in like wadcutters. Also, I mostly shot cast bullets, and the leading edge of the throats shave a bit of lead off the bullets and it builds up so that the cases don't seat all the way in.
Surprisingly, the gun is very accurate and it doesn't lead the barrel even when I push cast bullets way beyond anything reasonable.
I've been thinking about buying a 23/64" taper pin reamer and easing the throats just a little by hand, to provide more clearence for the bullets.
http://www.icscuttingtools.com/catalog/page_201.pdf
Thanks.
Surprisingly, the gun is very accurate and it doesn't lead the barrel even when I push cast bullets way beyond anything reasonable.
I've been thinking about buying a 23/64" taper pin reamer and easing the throats just a little by hand, to provide more clearence for the bullets.
http://www.icscuttingtools.com/catalog/page_201.pdf
- Is this a bad idea? I know if I go too deep with it, I'll remove the step that the cases headspace off. Also if I go too deep, I'll open them up too much and get blowby.
- I assume a tapered reamer will self-center in the hole.
- Will a standard reamer even cut the steel in a Ruger cylinder, or would I need to use a cobalt reamer?
- Should the reamer have enough clearance in the chambers that I can wrap tape around it to keep it from scarring the cylinder wall? They are already pretty rough, but I don't want to make them worse. (this assumes that the answer to #3 is that the reamer is easily hard enough)
Thanks.