Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
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Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
Way to go Jaybm!
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Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
Jaybm, can you give me a measurement of how much the 40 is sticking out of the 44, I want to make one and see if it makes any difference from the one I made out of the 7.62 round.
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Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
I trimmed the .44 to roughly 3/4" but that length isn't significant. The .44 provides the
shoulder or stop if you prefer.
Hope to make a trip to the outdoor range Tuesday to finally do a live fire test of all
the recent mods. Maybe get a few more empty .44's.
Doc, not sure the significance but my neighbor resized the .44 after the first try
w/o the .40 failed. If you have the dies it wouldn't hurt to resize the brass.
Hope this helps ... Jim
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Thanks Jim, that's what I needed to know to proceed. I'll let ya know.
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Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
Looks good. I think I will try that. Do I cut the whole rim off the 44 case so the spring fits inside?
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That's correct, the .44 case is a collar.
I used a tubing cutter and that brass is tough. Another member chucked it
up in a variable speed drill and used a hacksaw. Wish I had thought of
that.
I used a dremel to grind down the head stamp of the .40, have to take it
down to the dia. of the brass. I bet that variable speed drill and a fine
file would work just great, follow-up with some emery paper to get it
really smooth.
Good luck and would like to "see" your results.
Jim
I used a tubing cutter and that brass is tough. Another member chucked it
up in a variable speed drill and used a hacksaw. Wish I had thought of
that.
I used a dremel to grind down the head stamp of the .40, have to take it
down to the dia. of the brass. I bet that variable speed drill and a fine
file would work just great, follow-up with some emery paper to get it
really smooth.
Good luck and would like to "see" your results.
Jim
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Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
That was me, and I actually used a drill press for both operations, but a 1/2" drill should work, too. And yes, file and sandpaper worked fine to reduce the head.Jaybm wrote:That's correct, the .44 case is a collar.
I used a tubing cutter and that brass is tough. Another member chucked it
up in a variable speed drill and used a hacksaw. Wish I had thought of
that.
I used a dremel to grind down the head stamp of the .40, have to take it
down to the dia. of the brass. I bet that variable speed drill and a fine
file would work just great, follow-up with some emery paper to get it
really smooth.
Good luck and would like to "see" your results.
Jim
Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
Very respectfully,
Buck
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Re: Home Made Brass 357 Mag Follower
Buck wrote:Anyone have a .40 case they would send me for the postage, or swap a couple of .44's for a couple of .40'?. I'd rather do this than pay the big price (they are nice made, out of respect), and I've bought two at the big price so far but need a few more.
Very respectfully,
Buck
I've got a few hundred 40's, be glad to send you a few, no swap needed, PM me
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.
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16" SS .44
20" SS .45C
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Let us tenderly and kindly cherish, therefore, the means of knowledge. Let us dare to read, think, speak and write.
John Adams
20" SS .357
16" SS .44
20" SS .45C