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You making any headway on those ho-made followers ?

I made a couple spares ...
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The wheel on my tubing cutter "walked" on the longer one.
Purchased a new one that fit but a little larger dia. I think
will do for .44 brass.

Need to try these before I start bragging ;) ... Jim
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Jim,
Sorry it took so long to reply,
First, I noticed you got the sweating down pat. Looks good. To answer your question, after you gave me the measurement I requested I assembled two of them but have not soldered them. It was not an immediate need, with the one I made functioning well in my .357. Don't know if you caught it on another thread but I'm gearing up to purchase a .44mag , 16" in SS. Hope to have much of what I need ready as well as the new follower per your design once arrived. Having now been through my first Rossi, I know what I can expect, know what I need to prepare for ahead of time and look forward to a new rebuild as needed. I like the name you gave it, "The 44/40", I think you could market it with that name, it would catch a lot of attention before anyone knew what they were looking at and then once you got their attention, BAM!, you just sold another one.
A little off subject. Buddy asked if I would make him some 38s&w cases out of 38sp. Using what I had, this would apply to cutting your brass as well, I chucked up a heavy duty cut off wheel from my dremel set in the drill press then carefully cut the cartridge to a near approximate length then finished it with the case trimmer. Much better then using a pipe cutter, but not as safe.
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Yeah, read about you going for the big stuff ! You better get a shoulder pad !

Looking closer at these "spares" I may have to take the dremel to the head stamps
one more time. Dremel wheel in the drill press ? Hmm, don't think so, you haven't
seen my ho-made drill press !

I looked at a HP carbine in .40 caliber yesterday. G-son kept shaking his head NO
when I mentioned HP. Was surprised at the weight of that thing and I couldn't
find any fault other than that. LGS had them on sale "last week" for $250 plus change.
$369 yesterday, left w/o it. Would have made a good companion for my Bersa Pro.
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Hp carbines are very accurate reliable with factory mags. I would love one in .40 caliber for 250 ish.
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A little off subject. Buddy asked if I would make him some 38s&w cases out of 38sp. Using what I had, this would apply to cutting your brass as well, I chucked up a heavy duty cut off wheel from my dremel set in the drill press then carefully cut the cartridge to a near approximate length then finished it with the case trimmer. Much better then using a pipe cutter, but not as safe.
I thought I'd read that .38 S&W dimensions included a larger diameter than .38 Special thus .38 Special cases cut down run the risk of splitting when fired...

I dodged an Enfield in .38 S&W about six months to a year ago I could have gotten cheap because I didn't want to deal with the ammo. Nice solid little gun otherwise.

Some of the guns from the era when they were making both can be a challenge to figure the caliber on when they are only marked '.38'
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Archer,
Yeah well this is experimental at this point, don't know myself if this is going to work, glad it's not my guns but I will pass along your thoughts Archer, and thanks
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According to the drawings the Special case is something like .007 thou smaller in diameter than the S&W.

I'd be looking for some Starline brass but they are not inexpensive and they are out of stock direct at the moment.
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Several years ago I had a WWII vintage S&W that was "rechambered" by the factory to .38 S&W for delivery to the Brits to put into service. At the time, I bought it just for a snake shot gun for my "field work", but did carry 3 SS loads and 3 hard ball loads. The .38 spl brass (or aluminum SS rounds) rattled around pretty much in the oversized chambers. At least 1/3 of the .38 spl rounds I shot in it resulted in either split or deformed brass. But, I bought it for the purpose of popping shot shells and it did the job fine. After spending a year having to wipe it down almost daily to control the rust speckling, I sold it and moved on to the next snake shot revolver (whichever one that was)

There certainly is a diameter difference to deal with.


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OK!!!! hold the press!,, I'd laugh if it wasn't taking up your time that I always appreciate. Turns out my friends request had nothing to do with replacing or using the 38's cut down for fit in a 38sw....
I didn't ask I just assumed. A friend says " hey can you" I said sure.
Turns out after talking with him tonight and sharing your concerns he went on to say that he isn't using them in a 38sw but a 38/357 revolver. Now I now your going huh?. He gave me the shells of the 38sw for length only. His intent as he has discovered, with competition shooting which he does a lot and up against semi-autos as he says to make it fair, is to carve a second or two off his reloading time. Said he felt he could drop his empties and speed load quicker. Communication is a wonderful thing, sorry I didn't no more sooner but hey, that's the story, if it changes....I'll keep it to myself ;)
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Gosh, Doc .... just think about all the brain power you made us expend on what turns out to be a non-issue! I have to go to bed now and try to recover :lol:

Thanks for clearing that all up :D

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