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Poquito Loco

On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:57:38 -0400, wrote:

On Sat, 12 Jul 2014 15:22:33 -0400, F*O*A*D wrote:

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.

I have never had powder fouling that did not come out with a quick
pass of a brush. You have exactly the same issue with powder fouling
forward of the case mouth if you are shooting .357 brass. The bullet
itself will not enter into it. Chambers in a revolver are usually
straight bored all the way to the end. That is a good thing for
reloaders since you do not have to size cases for length like you do
on a .45 ACP.
That is still going to be there any time you fire .38 brass in a .357
or a .22 short in a .22lr
You are the first person I have ever heard who thought it was a
burden.

I've also fired hundreds of wad cutters through my Mod 28. My brother, the cop, got them free. Gave
me a big box full. Didn't have any problem with them. Cleaning a gun is about as much fun as
shooting it anyway.

But hey, if the name of the game is to be disagreeable, then the boy has to come up with something!