I have been playing with a mdl 1892 french ordanance revolver and would like to report some cartridge building success.
In case anyone else out there has one of these old beauts sitting idle I would like to report that they are fun to shoot and accurate.
I used Starline 32-20 brass trimmed down to 28mm, a cut down lee .308 trim mandrel and a drill worked good.
I then ran them over .323 ball and then over a .330 ball. After opening up the neck the brass measured exactly 27.5
Loaded a .330 diameter jacketed 100 grain bullet over 3.8 grains of unique, fired by a CCI sp primer.
After the first firing the brass looked handsome and required just a little trimming to get it back to exactly 27.5mm.
After 3 firings the case mouths are fine.
I tried as much as 4.0 grains but that was a little more snappy then needed for plinking. 3 grains would not push the bullet out the barrel.
No chrony data yet but that will happen.
vive le revolver
In case anyone else out there has one of these old beauts sitting idle I would like to report that they are fun to shoot and accurate.
I used Starline 32-20 brass trimmed down to 28mm, a cut down lee .308 trim mandrel and a drill worked good.
I then ran them over .323 ball and then over a .330 ball. After opening up the neck the brass measured exactly 27.5
Loaded a .330 diameter jacketed 100 grain bullet over 3.8 grains of unique, fired by a CCI sp primer.
After the first firing the brass looked handsome and required just a little trimming to get it back to exactly 27.5mm.
After 3 firings the case mouths are fine.
I tried as much as 4.0 grains but that was a little more snappy then needed for plinking. 3 grains would not push the bullet out the barrel.
No chrony data yet but that will happen.
vive le revolver
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