Rebated chambers
Leadhound
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Sunday, December 23, 2018, 18:52 (2812 days ago)
Gary do you offer new cylinders with rebated chambers, where the case heads are covered?
no, that is a bad idea. A little bit of crud or unburned
Gary Reeder
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Sunday, December 23, 2018, 19:05 (2812 days ago) @ Leadhound
powder gets in the rim recess and the cartridge doesn't seat which locks up the cylinder. Plus there is a lot of variation in rim thickness and rim diameter these days. I would never have rebated chambers in any of my guns. That is how they did it in years past but very few gun makers do that these days. Just not a good idea.
I like seeing the case rims between the cyl./recoil plate
WB
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Sunday, December 23, 2018, 19:19 (2812 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
The rebated chambers date back to the balloon head case era. It protected the shooter from a case failure. Gary sure is right, I have some older guns that have recessed chambers, some grains of 2400 in there and it can lock the gun up. Ditto for some under the cylinder ejector star on a DA.
Thanks Gary I appreciate that insight to it
Leadhound
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Sunday, December 23, 2018, 21:47 (2812 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
That explanation makes very good sense, have it on my original super Blackhawks and just enjoyed the look, but I would never want to compromise reliability.
REBATED CYLINDERS
JT
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Monday, December 24, 2018, 08:30 (2812 days ago) @ Gary Reeder
Smith & Wesson did it because they could not because it had any practical value. Ruger followed with their early .44 and .45s. It is interesting neither company did it with their .357 Magnums.