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    Ruger Old Army Upgrade

    Wow! Ok, I have a few questions if you don’t mind. What Colts do you have that you prefer and what makes them more likable to shoot over your Rugers? Were you to hunt again with this Kaido bullet what gun and load are you talking about? You stated you’d use that bullet over 3F Swiss. Have...
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    Ruger Old Army Upgrade

    I can’t imagine holding mine and it being barrel heavy (7.5”). Don’t think I’d love mine so much if it balanced like a Walker for its size 😆
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    Double Reamed Chambers

    There’s something to be said about the versatility of being able to so easily use a variety of bullets. I create my bullets with a much smaller grease groove than most. I just haven’t seen the need for more from either my 5.5” NMA or 7.5” ROA. It’s like just enough it seems as I shoot for...
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    Ruger Old Army Upgrade

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    Double Reamed Chambers

    Curious what diameters they are, whether there’s a taper between them, and if you went past the bolt stop notches to the bottom. What say you?
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    Ruger Old Army Upgrade

    I’ve really poured over ballistics for these guns, and felt that my Remington NMA with a 235 grn bullet should be in the .45 ACP realm of power, ~400 ft/lbs. I’ve seen a lot of data that supports this. However I’ve had a couple of people tell me that I should expect more along the lines of +P...
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    Ruger Old Army Upgrade

    Wow, down at the end it states by using 3F Triple 7 and an unknown projectile (I used a ballistics calc to determine that it’s most likely the Lee 220 grn RN bullet as it showed 704 ft/lbs @ 1200 fps and this was common) it can achieve 1200 fps and get 700 ft/lbs, to me the beginnings of a...
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    Double Reamed Chambers

    Howdy! Got a few questions for ya. Double reamed? As in reamed one diameter all the way down and a larger diameter only part way down? I notice the face of your cylinder looks to have been altered as well, cut back a smidge?
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    Pietta 1858 New Army Revolver .44 Cal 8" barrel

    The Ruger Old Army uses their .45 Colt barrels and should have grooves around 0.452”. While not an accurate measurement my calipers showed a chamber as 0.452”. They are not 0.450”. Ruger designed it properly with slightly oversized chambers as they should be.
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    Pietta 1858 New Army Revolver .44 Cal 8" barrel

    I have a 2013 Pietta Remington NMA Sheriff and I’ve measured my barrel by pushing a .457” ball down the barrel and used my calipers. The lands are 0.442” and the grooves are 0.4535”. I never measured the chambers as I sent it out and had them reamed to 0.449”. I have no clue what the older...
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    Pietta 1858 New Army Revolver .44 Cal 8" barrel

    This is true, the ring will be ever so slightly larger as will the bearing surface creating friction fit. With a larger amount of lead there at the edges allows for better obturation of the gap between the chamber diameter and that of the grooves. My Remington has had the chamber mouths...
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    Ruger Old Army Upgrade

    What do these hammers run? I have smaller hands with stubby digits and have long wanted a hammer I can reach better.
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    Pietta 1858 New Army Revolver .44 Cal 8" barrel

    Try some .457” balls if you can. Because Pietta has such a large chamber diameter to barrel groove diameter difference more lead helps seal better and when comparing identical loads but using 0.451” vs 0.454” vs 0.457” balls the velocity only increased. I’ve reamed my Pietta Sheriff’s model to...
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    Chamber vs bullet size

    I shoot .457” balls in my Pietta Remington. I did eventually get it reamed to 0.449” from 0.446”. My barrel has 0.453” grooves. My bullets drop at 0.454” and these aren’t stressful either
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    Hollow Base Revolver Bullets

    I much prefer the idea of having the chambers brought up to or close enough to groove diameter, fix the problem don’t bandaid it. But if this isn’t possible it might well be the ticket. My Pietta NMA is at least 11 yrs old now and IIRC the twist was a hair over 1:16 which seems about ideal for...
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    Oh, Come On With the Inflated Caps!!

    Well, nothing stays the same in the real world I suppose. Sometimes that’s good I guess. I sure like that we have gasoline, sure does make the drive to grandma’s quicker 🤣
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    Oh, Come On With the Inflated Caps!!

    Wow! 29¢ a gal. When I first started driving it was 99¢. Long gone are those days…
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    How do you prep your C&B revolver for an outing?

    Here in Texas it’s mostly dry so there’s no need to do anything special. But I’ve often thought about a hunt in the mountains of New Mexico or Arizona, and hadn’t put any real thought into dealing with snow/wet. I guess the wax after shooting isn’t a mess? I’d be afraid it’d get into the action...
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    BALLISTOL a fair shake

    Even more so if it’s Pyrodex. When I first began shooting there were a couple of cowboy action shooters claiming they could hold off a bit so I cleaned my two pistols and left the rifle for the morning. HUGE mistake! Took me about 6 hours just to get a clean patch. That started a conversation...
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    BALLISTOL a fair shake

    The only reason, at this moment, that I use (and love) Ballistol is that it emulsifies in water so I no longer need concern myself with my guns being absolutely dry first. Typically my guns were shot at least once every month so long term wasn’t an issue. I’ve found Ballistol didn’t work so well...
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