Reeder Custom Guns - Mr. Taffin has noted it in his writings before

WB
Mr. Taffin has noted it in his writings before
Thursday, September 05, 2019, 16:28

and the first guy I ever saw do it was in an old 70's G&A magazine. Might have been that Spankingburger guy, not sure. Anyway taking a standard, easy to come by, .44 SBH cylinder that fits well and rechambering the .44 Mag. cylinder with a .44/40 reamer. I rented a "piloted" reamer what guarantees the concentric detail of the job. Has a throat diameter bushing spinny thing on the end. My .44/40 has .431" cylinder throats and shoots even undersized .427" lead Cowboy loads magnificently. I simply load .430" bullets in my reloads. So I call it a .43-40 Win., which was more correct anyway!

It did have a respectable constriction near the muzzle. It shot horribly. I'd read a bunch about that, but usually it's at the frame threads. I was not sure about what all those guys were harping about. Mine has been ported and I figure someone chucked it in a fixture too tight. I honed it mostly out, it is not completely out. But shoots fantastic now. I was working it and suddenly it started shooting great. The bore looks like chrome now too, so polished. There is something about bores having constrictions, and remedies, but at some point a slight constriction makes no difference. At least toward the muzzle end.

Every good wheelgun collection needs a sound Ruger .44 SBH - WB, 2019-09-05, 13:46
- youngster, you missed all the fun in the early 70s - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-05, 15:24
  - I rember an AMT Automag .44 was $500! - WB, 2019-09-05, 16:15
    - my first Auto Mag was $289 and we could either use - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-05, 17:21
      - Auto mag is my Grail gun (nm) - Shane, 2019-09-06, 09:29
      - A great year! Mine is 1963, not so good. (nm) - WB, 2019-09-05, 17:29
        I was already in radio when you were born (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-05, 17:33
- Are you going to bring that to the HHC? (nm) - Larry Fry, 2019-09-05, 14:59
  - Would do good! My .43-40 cyl., the medium speed - WB, 2019-09-05, 18:16
    - Bringing a .44 mag Redhawk with - Larry Fry, 2019-09-05, 19:43
- I came by one a couple years ago by chance... - Huey, 2019-09-05, 14:17
  - Mr. Taffin has noted it in his writings before - WB, 2019-09-05, 16:28
    - I'm too OCD for that. The case thickness at the neck is... - Huey, 2019-09-05, 16:35
      - I wish I could find that Spankingburger article - WB, 2019-09-05, 16:40
        There's a Redhawk 41 Magnum cylinder and crane assembly... - Huey, 2019-09-05, 16:42
        Huey, give me the info on that (nm) - Gary Reeder, 2019-09-05, 17:36
        Donr (nm) - Huey, 2019-09-05, 17:41
        Ohhhh stop, I have a .429 GNR, .44 S/M combo .... (nm) - WB, 2019-09-05, 17:27
        Could be 429 GNR, 44 Mag and 44-40. Just Sayin.... (nm) - Huey, 2019-09-05, 17:36
- More Rugers are better. (nm) - Sid R, 2019-09-05, 13:57
  - Rugers - Alcorn, 2019-09-05, 15:15
    - No Alcorn my broke axe does. Lol (nm) - Sid R, 2019-09-05, 19:33
    - I have more than double that...AND need more!! (nm) - Woody, 2019-09-05, 18:44