thanks professor! I book marked those pages so I can find them in the future. I was fasinated
to see that mohave gambler installed a kirst konverter in a brass frame 58. Everyone I talk to says that's a no no!
I must apologise, as I was certain that cascity had articles on tuning the remmy.... With the authors' approval, the colt open top
articles (amongst others) have been archived on The Open Range forum (shameless plug for another excellent forum !)
Mojave Gambler had quite an endevour going in his free online magazine "Hobby Gunsmithing", it is a shame that it did not "pan out", probably due to the costs .... an entire index is here:
http://www.hobbygunsmith.com/Archives.htmRegarding the Konverter in a Brass Frame - Initially Mojave Gambler indicated that he felt it would be" OK" since he was using a .45 acp cylinder and he intended to use ONLY BP, making for a reduced load. However, after publishing this work, he mentions that he had an interview with Walt Kirst and after a pleasant conversation posted this retraction:
http://www.hobbygunsmith.com/Archives/Apr03/Profile.htmIt is a wise move, whilst it may never cause a catastrophic event, One never knows who will "slip" some smokeless .45 ACP in a cylinder "because they can". The days of litigation over various personal stupidity are upon us and "Good Old Days" of Elmer Keith blowing the cylinder and topstrap off his Colt SAA with no other outcome than deafness are over -
( having just finished reading excerpts of Elmer Kieth's books wherein the Illustrious Elmer discusses blowing up several Colts model P revolvers in .45 Colt . If I read it correctly he seemed to have blown one such revolver with heavily compressed BP and a very heavy (perhaps 300 gr) lead bullet. - the thin-ness of the .45 cylinder walls seems to have led him to switch to the .44 spcl for further experimentation)
Many people, myself included, have experienced Brass Frame "frame stretch" after using many many Warthog loads in brass framed .44's. I have personally found that with 35-40 gr FFF The Remington brass frame will eventually distort, and the Colt Brass frame in .44 will eventually experience wear/ loosening of the Arbor/frame fit. (your mileage may vary) . In my experience,
somewhat milder loads are just as enjoyable and with roundball lead to a longer brass frame life and often a more efficacious outcome.
yhs
prof marvel