Forcing Cone 11 degree cutting - Is this too deep?

[nawagner]

I am cutting the forcing cone to 11 deg on my Ruger BH 45C. Does this look too deep, not deep enough or just right?

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[Wheelguns 1961]

I think it looks pretty good. It is my understanding that you want to go just deep enough so that you don’t have two different angles.

[DougGuy]

That looks good. You don't want to cut it so that the fire ring is made narrower..

[nawagner]

Thanks. Now I just need to find some time, and better weather, to get out and see how it shoots.

[Outpost75]

If you don't have the Brownell min-max forcing cone gage, an expedient I use if that a sized case mouth should just enter the forcing cone entrance.
A fired case ideally should not, but if the cone is just a wee bit large it hurts little as long as the barrel wall is heavy enough to avoid heat cracking.

My .44-40 Ruger Vaquero came with a forcing cone so big that a .45 Colt slug will enter!

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Thumbnail shows correct .44 forcing cone in N-frame S&W, with .45 ACP hardball round

[Wheelguns 1961]

If you don't have the Brownell min-max forcing cone gage, an expedient I use if that a sized case mouth should just enter the forcing cone entrance. A fired case should not.
Nice to know. I haven’t heard that one before.

[nawagner]

That is good to know. I'll have to check it, although I don't have any 45C loaded up right now. Hmm, seems like a good reason to head to the reloading bench. Yeah I know I could just use s bullet, but...

[KCSO]

To finish it out polish it to a shine with Tripoli polish and a lap. The smoother it is the better.

[lightload]

That looks good. You don't want to cut it so that the fire ring is made narrower..
What is the fire ring? Thank you.

[nawagner]

To finish it out polish it to a shine with Tripoli polish and a lap. The smoother it is the better.

There's always something more! I thought of getting the brass lap with the kit, now I'll probably have to!

[DougGuy]

What is the fire ring? Thank you.

That's the flat area on the rear of the barrel.