whitetailsniper
07-14-2010, 08:18 PM
hi guys,
i need your imput on a problem i have. i have a ruger superblkhawk bisley hunter in 41 rem mag, with a 7 1/2 inch barrel. i bought this gun new,unused, when i bought it, the cylinder diam. were all differant , i took this gun to a certified sass gunsmith were i asked for the cylinder to be opened to
.411 i have many 41 rem mag molds,some of witch are from veral from lbt molds,some of witch are from nei molds, these cast some impressive wfn,and lfn ranging from 250 grain gas ck -300 grain gas ck double crimp rings, with these impressive molds i have casted bullets that require the cylinder throats to be opened, so i took to this guy to have done, and paid him, he told me he opened the cylinder throats to .411,,,, well no surprise he lied,i have 4 of them at .410 and 2 of them at .411 how do i know ? i bought a set of machinest pin gauge sets, and ck them. the .411 pin gauge will not go through the .410 holes,and did go through nicley through the .411 holes. as now, i dont trust any gunsmith to touch my guns, id like to know how i can open these myself, safely and accurately. i have to laths, so doing by hand is the only option. these are close,and not much is required to make them all true. is a reamer,or adjt. reamer the way i need to go? or honing the answer,,im thinking honing. trouble is im not sure how to and keep the holes true. any help,advice is sooooooo greatful,and needed. THANK YOU KINDLY.
i need your imput on a problem i have. i have a ruger superblkhawk bisley hunter in 41 rem mag, with a 7 1/2 inch barrel. i bought this gun new,unused, when i bought it, the cylinder diam. were all differant , i took this gun to a certified sass gunsmith were i asked for the cylinder to be opened to
.411 i have many 41 rem mag molds,some of witch are from veral from lbt molds,some of witch are from nei molds, these cast some impressive wfn,and lfn ranging from 250 grain gas ck -300 grain gas ck double crimp rings, with these impressive molds i have casted bullets that require the cylinder throats to be opened, so i took to this guy to have done, and paid him, he told me he opened the cylinder throats to .411,,,, well no surprise he lied,i have 4 of them at .410 and 2 of them at .411 how do i know ? i bought a set of machinest pin gauge sets, and ck them. the .411 pin gauge will not go through the .410 holes,and did go through nicley through the .411 holes. as now, i dont trust any gunsmith to touch my guns, id like to know how i can open these myself, safely and accurately. i have to laths, so doing by hand is the only option. these are close,and not much is required to make them all true. is a reamer,or adjt. reamer the way i need to go? or honing the answer,,im thinking honing. trouble is im not sure how to and keep the holes true. any help,advice is sooooooo greatful,and needed. THANK YOU KINDLY.