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First recorded activity by BoatBanter: Feb 2014
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To haul a real boat you need a real truck
On 7/12/14, 2:28 PM, wrote:
On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 12:09:51 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:
Well, I'm sure my revolver would handle the wadcutters but they'd leave
behind a mess. But my new lever gun would not feed them. It wants "full
size" cartridges with an overall length of 40 mm, and maybe .38 special
cartridges measuring 39 mm.
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You could test it simply by cycling fired cases. The length is the
same.
I am still not sure of what "mess" you are talking about.
People have been shooting wad cutters out of .38s for a century. That
old OM has done a couple thousand.
Perhaps your cylinder tolerances are looser.
There's about a tenth of an inch of free bore in the .357 MAG cylinder
when you use .38 specials and more when you use wadcutters. The free
bore gets fouled with powder and residue from the rounds you fire. When
you switch to .357 MAGS, the rounds seat properly in the fouled
cylinder, but ejecting the shot rounds, the empty cases, is a pain in
the ass.
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