Relieving revolver cylinder

[Ken Hansgen, 11094]

H.P., Huh? Is that what you did to my R&S? If a chamber is reamed to .453, and you put a .457 ball in it, the ball then becomes .453. But then if the barrel is .457, groove to groove, how does that compute?

[Ken Hansgen, 11094]

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[hp gregory, 9128]

ken you have to keep in mind that the ball has to fit the cylinder tight enough to seal it to prevent chain fires and to keep the ball from moving out from recoil and locking the gun up. if you were to ream your cylinder to .457 you would have to use a ball larger than .457 to get the correct fit. the .453 reamer has worked well for me on all the rogers i have used it on. when loading a .457 ball there is no shaving of lead but it still has a nice tight fit that seals and shoots well.

hp

[mwmoore10261]

I gave my revolvers to Charlie Hahn at the Nationals for him to ream the cylinders. I will have to work up loads and bullets once I get them back.
I have a .456 conical bullet that I could never get to group in my Remington or Rogers & Spencer. Does anyone have a starting load for a .456 conical and experience with grouping. I shoot 22 grains 3F Goex with a wonder wad.
Mike Moore, 10261

[jcdutch]

Hello to all
I realize this thread is old... but I have a question. I would like to ream my uberti 1858 cylinder chambers from 450 to something close to 454. I slugged the barrel and measured 456. My gun is a stainless steel one. My question is: is it safe ? To what minimum thickness can you reduce the chamber walls ? Stainless might be softer than the steel guns and the resulting thickness is about .040....this looks thin... but I am pretty much inexperienced....
Thanks !

[edrutecki]

Hello to all
I realize this thread is old... but I have a question. I would like to ream my uberti 1858 cylinder chambers from 450 to something close to 454. I slugged the barrel and measured 456. My gun is a stainless steel one. My question is: is it safe ? To what minimum thickness can you reduce the chamber walls ? Stainless might be softer than the steel guns and the resulting thickness is about .040....this looks thin... but I am pretty much inexperienced....
Thanks !

Charlie Hahn is the man you want to see for this service. I'm no expert, but I believe if your barrel is .456, you probably want to be at the minimum of.457 on the cylinder. Charlie can set you right and his price is very fair considering the cost of a reamer.