Originally Posted by
Outpost75
As FYI for the group, John Taylor now has a .38 S&W reamer with 3 degrees Basic forcing cone angle from .363" major diameter with no cylindrical ball seat. Plan is to use Green Mountain 1:10" twist 9mm Parabellum "Gunsmith Special" blank, fit, chamber and taper to fit original fore-end wood of pre-WW1 .44/.410 small frame H&R. Looking at finished barrel length of 20" and weight 4-1/2 pounds with muzzle diameter 0.70" so will hang well in standing position.
Should be quite mild with factory 146-grain LRN .38 S&W and Colt New Police, but plan is that the fast twist barrel will stabilize Accurate 36-190T flatnosed bullet at lowest velociy which exits barrel, figuring a 600 fps revolver load will be no more than 800 fps in a rifle, but hit hard with low noise, not requiring a "can".
Gun is in John's work que...