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That is very interesting information regarding how Sears & Robucks modified these pistols
I suspect hat the OP's pistol might have been one of those. Just does not make sense why...

ndnchf ---
Hello seems like this thread has gotten hijacked and off topic.
So I won't further add to that fact. I did want to follow through with you on
what I mentioned about acquiring a...

ndnchf ---
Yes, Needless to say.... I too am looking forward to seeing it in person.
Once I get it, I'll post pictures on CASCity's Spencer forum.
See you over there

ndnchf ---
I did manage to get the CASCity.com registration straightened out.
You are right... the forum is loaded with very useful info the on the Spencer.
I think I have already watched all of...

ndnchf Hello just stumbled across your posts on the CASCity forum regarding ....
M1871 Springfield Spencer Shooting 50-45 Cartridges

Very interesting reading especially since I just...

= Range Report =
Finally made it to the range. I loaded a total of 10 rounds. Set the target at about 12 yards. First two rounds must of went over the top. I compensated by aiming lower and managed...

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Received some pre-cast 300gn, .50 Rem bullets from Old West.
Pushed one through the bore to make sure the .508 dia would engage the
rifling sufficiently. It did. I was...

ndnchf --- Thanks that confirms my beliefs. This thing is old like myself and deserves to be treated tenderly. Besides I have about 1/2 pound of Dupont Fg that I've had since the Civil War...

missionary5155 --- Thanks! I might be tempted to try that if I had a supply of .50 cal rb's.
Are you advocating using fg and not ffg? That's brings up a question..... If I substitute fg for ffg...

ndnchf --- Oh that's good to know about what Old West might have. I'll contact him again, I'll see if he has a few bullets from that .508 mold. Although I do suspect that those would be slightly...

ndnchf --- Yes I had found a cast bullet at BACO that they actually specify for the .50 Rem pistol. But, they are out of stock. BACO also had some loaded rounds . Just too expensive. Besides where...

ndnchf --- Well, I thought I had a Lee 90255. It was ordered and then I learned it is now back-ordered. No one has that lee mold in stock. I was lucky to have come across several bullets that were...

ulav8r --- Thanks for that advice. But I'm not clear on how your suggestion would differ from actually measuring the greater diameter of a bbl slug. I'm pretty confident I know the correct diameter...

Confusion Abounds

Chamber casting length * original cartridge COL size * Bullet diameter * New custom configured case

Since I started this project of reloading some rounds for the M1871 Army...

I have an Army 1871 and it has the correct chamber. I can not insert an empty 50-70 case in the chamber so even more impossible to load a round with a bullet. The case alone is just too long and it...