Colorado Coffinmaker
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None of the above. Opt for a Pietta Hammer Double. Super quality!!
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Yes, if you want a good one. Try Murphys Custom Gunleather.
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If your loading/reloading on a DILLON, it only takes about a minute to change tool heads from 38 to 357, with a dedicated powder measure for both, or add a minute to swap over the powder measure. Super simple and no hassle.
It is true, some rifles don't like 38s. Uberti 1866 rifles are .38 only. Some handguns are short cylinder and won't accept 357. It pays to take minute and look at the specific requirements for your guns. Then adapt as required. Don't over think it either.
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Oh, THE HORROR!!!
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You don't. The only way to "adjust" the head space is to have custom links made.
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Whilst probably not on your menu (yet), you might give a thought to APP. Large Powder bar so it won't bridge, 3f APP to the bottom of the bullet (any weight bullet) and fire away. No pesky lube problems (don't need lube, actually), and easy clean-up. Try it - - yule like it
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It's very do-able. Not even a hard job. Any decent Gunsmith should be up to the task, including a Dovetail Front Sight.
However, I do agree with the Gallery. Once complete, the little beastie wi gonna give ya a whoopin. My Alter Ego, Hacksaw McGurk chimed in and suggested iffin yer gonna cut it, take it back to Sixteen and a Quarter. All or Nothing as it twer.
Plus, with a light bullet, and a modicum of filler, you might even get the little beastie halfway ok to actually shoot
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Glazed Yeast Donuts that are then covered in Dark Chocolate. Stupefying Delicious you betcha
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NONE OF THE ABOVE!! Ain't none of Yinz heard of NEW YORK!! Fer Petez sake, more "Urban Cowboys" than anywhere else onna planet!!
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PLUS ONE for Barry Sloe
38s are a good move. You might also consider Cowboy 45 Special. 160Gr Bullets loaded with APP. If you can find them now, an even better choice would be 130Gr BARNSTORMER .45s although I don't presently know who is casting the Barnstormer. C45S cases loaded light are quite comparable to .38s.
Also, PLUS ONE for the 12Ga, loaded light as opposed to a 20Ga. 20Ga can be brutal. The guns are too light. Of course, hand loaded, you can make 20Ga pleasant. My 12Ga Hammer Doubles with APP and a One Ounce pay load don't beat me up at all.
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Skidsteer,
I'm some confused by your terminology. "Cannelure??" Normally a cannelure is a ribbing imprint. Are you actually talking about a "Crimp Groove??" 1.60 is the maximum length of your Carrier Block and may be pushing too long. Crimping the bullet for 1.55 should be fine, but for a tube magazine rifle you should be looking for bullets with a dedicated crimp groove that will yield a cartridge less than 1.60. You can also run 38 Special cartridges in the gun.
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Super Cool!!
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Here I get to be contrary. Cowboy rifles are famous for slightly oversize chambers. Especially Large Bore. 45 Colt, 45 Schofield, 44 Special/Colt/Russian WILL NOT expand to seal the chamber. 38 Special MAY also need annealing. Annealing softens the brass so and after annealing, straight wall cases will seal the chamber and eliminate Blow-By. I have a fairly substantial pile of annealed brass and have only annealed once. Annealing after every firing is way over-kill.
If you can live with sticky chambers and fouled carriers you may not wish to spend the time annealing. Annealing is boring. If on the other hand, you want straight walled cartridges to run as clean as 44-40 or 38-40, annealing is a necessary task. Black Powder and Subs are much less forgiving than smokeless.
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Only made in 38/357 and 45 "COLT."
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Up in this neck of the woods, we only set and shoot 5 shotgun targets. Don't have to knock 'em down, just hit 'em. Josey Wales is just gobs of fun shot with FIVE CAP GUNS!! Try it. Yule like it!!
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Matthew,
Since you're going to have it apart, I'd like to suggest you spring for Roller Bearing for the Indexer Cam and the Hit Factor upgrade kit. The Hit Factor kit makes a HUGE difference and improvement in the smoothness of the XL650. Give it a serious look.
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YEPPER!! PLUS ONE for the Subdeacon!! Global Climate Change is going to continue regardless of what we do. If ALL the activists weren't completely full of krap, they would just be piles of empty clothing.
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Gotta LOVE Big Blue you betcha!!
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Global Climate Change is FACT. Get use to it.
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PLUS ONE for Widder
Terminology, each unfired round is counted as a "miss." Equals three misses.
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OK. the "Cylinder Throat" is at the front of the Chamber. Looking in the breach end of the cylinder chambers, you will observe a distinct "step." that step is the beginning of the "throat." The throat should be at least .4515 or .452 for a nominal .451 groove (industry standard) diameter. You should be able to drop a .451 bullet in the breach end of the chamber and have it just hesitate at the Throat and only require a very light nudge from a pencil to drop thru.
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Ah So Deska. Bigger Ball Peen??
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I'm asking just to be sure. Are you saying the .451 XTP stops hard at the "Cylinder Throat" of the Vaquero?? Or stops hard in the Rifle Barrel?? I would expect a hard stop at the Cylinder Throat as Ruger are famous or infamous for way undersize cylinder throats and most need reming. I should not be surprised at throat diameter of .448 or .449. I should expect the bore diameter (Grooves) in the rifle to be .451 or .452. I am no help on the rifle forcing cone.
Both the pistol and Rifle should digest .451 Bullets equally well.
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Reloading press unneeded mod?
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The DILLON 650 will work well without any "upgrades." However, the "Hit Factor" package and the Armanov Index bearing really really improve the "smooth." Well worth the money.