Jumping Frog
Member
OK, I've read just enough to be dangerous without really knowing what I am doing.
I slugged the 6 chambers and the barrel for my .44 Mag S&W 629. I cast some pure lead bullets and then smacked the nose with a hammer to make them a slightly oversized diameter. Then I drove them through with a wooden dowel. Each chamber got its own slug and I slugged the barrel twice. I could see where I had shiny lead circumference from being sized as I pushed each slug though.
The chamber sizes came out to:
.4290
.4287
.4288
.4290
.4290
.4291
However, I am concerned about the barrel. It slugs out to .4233!!! I started the slug at the muzzle and pushed it through to where the cylinder would normally (I had removed the cyclinder).
Seems awfully small to me, however, I cannot find anyplace with google that lists what the barrel bore should be, so I don't know.
Now, I bought a .430 sizing die but it seems to me that a .423 barrel is going to be a problem.
Can anyone help enlighten me?
I slugged the 6 chambers and the barrel for my .44 Mag S&W 629. I cast some pure lead bullets and then smacked the nose with a hammer to make them a slightly oversized diameter. Then I drove them through with a wooden dowel. Each chamber got its own slug and I slugged the barrel twice. I could see where I had shiny lead circumference from being sized as I pushed each slug though.
The chamber sizes came out to:
.4290
.4287
.4288
.4290
.4290
.4291
However, I am concerned about the barrel. It slugs out to .4233!!! I started the slug at the muzzle and pushed it through to where the cylinder would normally (I had removed the cyclinder).
Seems awfully small to me, however, I cannot find anyplace with google that lists what the barrel bore should be, so I don't know.
Now, I bought a .430 sizing die but it seems to me that a .423 barrel is going to be a problem.
Can anyone help enlighten me?