Chamber Adapters

[masterdom2]

hiya folks, I've seen these things on ebay and guys reviewing them on youtube. Has anyone here tried them out in their .303, does anyone know where to buy them in Canada. Im don't have the ability to start reloading yet so this looks like a nice alternative.

 

[OkayShooter]

I got mine from ebay.

From what I understand the twist rate for 32 isnt the best so don't expect super accurate.

 

[masterdom2]

i tried to order one from ebay... long story short, canada post and customs are blaming each other saying neither has it. but it clearly made it way to one of them and hasn't been shipped out to me yet. we're at day 46 now of it sitting in missisauga. do you know if there is anything within canada that sells them

 

[Robert Nicholson]

How well do these things fit into a chamber? Is it a worthwhile thing or a hazardous nusiance? I would like to get one to allow using X39 in my Mosin.

 

[masterdom2]

I have seen them for Mosins but just to reduce to a pistol sized rounds.

 

[OkayShooter]

I have seen them for Mosins but just to reduce to a pistol sized rounds.

Well they make them for 303, 762x54, 308/3006.

For 32 ACP or 7.62x25. The 762x25 requires a hammer and a ram rod to get the case out. But the rifling isn't fast enough to stabilize the round so the groups are not that impressive.

I went with a 12GA single shot with a rifled barrel adapter.

 

[Robert Nicholson]

Sounds like these inserts are a hazardous nusiance. Too bad, I like the idea.

 

[32 ACP]

Hammond game getters has adapters that shoot lead balls not cartridges.

 

[Raton57]

Has anybody ever actually shot a Hammond. I have one but have never had to use it.

 

[Fargone4sure]

One of the issues with the Hammond game getter is you need multiples of them, or you only have one shot. But for 308, 30-06, 30-30, 30-40 Krag, 303, 8mm etc, you can make gallery or game getter loads easily. And you don't really need dies, or a reloading press , scale, etc.
Using a casing fired from the gun, punch out the spent primer using a nail or appropriately sized punch. By hand start a new primer, and seat it by sitting the case on a board, and use a wood dowel, or appropriately sized bolt inside the case. And tap the case down over the primer.
Using a simple powder scoop sized for approximately 5gr trail Boss, or Vihtavouri Tin Star (or a host of other possible powders) add powder. You can by a set of scoops cheap. Or make one from an empty casing etc.
Then seat a 0 buck lead pellet, this will work for all the calibers listed, and more. You can push it in manually up against a bench etc, or give it a gentle tap with a light hammer etc.
These are very accurate out to 25yd, and still usable out to 50yd. And very inexpensive to make
Here one is pictured in 303.

 

[LUTNIT]

I had a nice stainless adapter made by a local retired machinist who sold them through a local shop some years ago. Was .300WM and shot .32ACP through it. It was terribly inaccurate and the firing pin pierced the primers in CCI Lawman and Geco .32ACP ammo. I considered handloading the .32ACP so I could use rifle primers but never got around to it and have since sold the rifle. Still have the adapter as I can see myself getting another .300WM someday.

 

[joelvca]

I have one of the current version in 7.62x25->7.62x54R and the accuracy, as mentioned, is poor - some inches at 25m. The problem appears to be that you have, in essence, a couple of INCHES of jump to engage the rifling, not thousandths or even hundredths of an inch, through a "throat" that is likely sufficiently larger than bullet diameter that bullet alignment is poor when it finally engages the rifling. Many years ago, I got an adapter for .32ACP->.303Brit. that held the case at the FRONT of the adapter in neck of the chamber, with the front of the adapter machined into four segments that gripped the rim of the .32 case, and with a rim-diameter rod supporting the rear of the case and containing a striker extension transferring the bolt's striker impulse to the primer (I think - it's been a LONG time - could have just been a nub on the front of the rod). I vaguely recall this one having usable accuracy but the shoulder of this particular adapter was a bit short and/or narrow for my military chamber so the rear of the .32 case bulged on firing and it was a b!tch to punch the empty out. These adapters would naturally require significantly more machining than the simple small-chamber-in-the-rear-of-the-adapter type so they would be proportionally more expensive, and I doubt that this would be particularly successful with a bottle-necked pistol caliber having a case neck significantly shorter than the rifle chamber's neck.

Regards,
Joel

 

[masterdom2]

Right on guys thanks for the input!