Can a gunsmith manufacture a cylinder to my specs?
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who can use a cylinder form my revolver as a starting point and manufacture a slightly different one for the same gun? Who would that be?It's a PITA to make cartridges for the heeled bullets. I was thinking of getting a cylinder made that would have stepped chambers like modern revolvers, but for a straight bullet of the same calibre, i.e. 380. I was also thinking of making the cylinder a tad larger in order to be able to load hotter.
Yes, almost there. What's left is crimping, without crimp powder does not burn completely and accuracy is not what it could be, however amazingly accurate the gun is at present. Velocity range is wider than I could accept.
Here is a link to a guy's project that addressed your challange. He is jamminh a .476 heeled bullet into a 45 colt case:
http://www.leverguns.com/480/crimp.htm
Stick with your project your almost there and once you get the crimp proper your velocity variations/ignition trouble will be forgotten.
http://www.leverguns.com/480/crimp.htm
Stick with your project your almost there and once you get the crimp proper your velocity variations/ignition trouble will be forgotten.
Do not discount machinists. Granted, they are not gunsmiths, but what your are asking requires a high level of skillset. It is not beyond that of a competent gunsmith, but the tooling is very expensive, and not every gunsmith has acccess to that type of technology.
I even know the machinist who can accomplish what I wont, but they are overseas and their country laws prohibit manufacturing of the gun parts, as well as export and import. Was wondering if this was possible here in Canada.
Lots of people "can" operate an indexing head and drill/ream a cylinder. IMHO it will be cheaper and more satisfying to simply load proper rounds. Why not get a proper Crimp tool made instead of a whole cylinder.
As for wanting hotter loads that line of inquiry is not going to rest very well with most gunsmith/machininsts. "Hi I want you to make this intricate part so I can put it in an antique and shoot hotter loads through it"
As for wanting hotter loads that line of inquiry is not going to rest very well with most gunsmith/machininsts. "Hi I want you to make this intricate part so I can put it in an antique and shoot hotter loads through it"
