One like that was what I was looking for

by Bob Hatfield , Tuesday, March 07, 2023, 06:13 (627 days ago) @ Slow Hand

Odd how two of us six-shooters were looking for the same thing at the same time?

I will try to get to the range today and shoot a variety of loads through my 1937 and report back as to what it likes and doesn't like. I have a .454 sizing die coming as my throats are about .4535. (My .454 plug gage is a .454 minus). Most of my bullets are too small for the throats but all are hard. From what I have been reading a .452 bullet might tilt somewhat after exiting the case as it is traveling though the throat as being the reason regular 45 acp bullets might not shoot well.

One would think that with the firing process occurring at such fast speeds by the time the bullet enters the forcing cone and down the barrel everything would equalize and swage the bullet true through the barrel. I'll find out.

I've read a lot of what may or may not be gibberish about jacketed bullets wearing the rifling out of 45 ACP hand ejectors that I am wondering if it is people just repeating things, they have read about this occurrence without any firsthand experience.

I can see someone who thinks he is an expert looking into the bore of one of these revolvers at a gunshop and see the shallow rifling and say to himself, "looks like they wore down the rifling shooting too much hardball". When he unknowingly didn't realize the rifling was shallow to start with because it was designed to shoot with hardball. Then he repeats what he saw elsewhere, and it snowballs over a period of years.

But maybe I'm wrong about this?