Originally Posted by
uscra112
Longer link works for the Hopkins & Allen 932, but won't for the Favorite. An interesting new approach for Favorites is to move the firing pin about .050" closer to center, and make Long Colt adaptors that use 6mm acorn blanks for the primer. Avoids the major surgery on the block that's required to move the pin all the way to center. Adaptors are easy to make, either on a lathe or a drill press. Starline brass is too thick for the Colt conversion. Jack Harrison uses PPU that he gets from Graf's. I didn't, and it cost me a lot of extra work.
The Long Colt version needs the proper heeled bullet Lyman 299153, which Jack sells on Gunbroler. If you ream the chamber for S&W, any bullet will do, but 90 grains probably best. '94 pattern Favorites are not as strong as the 1915 version. Keep loads for them subsonic.
BTW both Wisners and Jack First have most of the parts you'd ever need for Favorites.