How is the chamber lead angle determined?

[craneman]

Kurt,
Do you have a drawing of the dimensions of the 44 2 5/8 sbn?
I guess I may as well look at all of my possible options. I really want to go the paper patch route and this chamber just isn't what I was hoping for. As was stated before I could have it set back and re-chambered. It's 34" now plus the stub, I planned on wiping with PP and saw the extra weight of the 34" tube as a plus and fouling control wouldn't be much of an issue with wiping.

Todd

[Kurt]

Todd my reamer wont clean up your chamber end it is about .360" in my case neck and it will leave a ring just about where the base of the PP bullet will be. This reamer was made so I could use a GG bullet and the fired brass comes out of the chamber at .467" it will just except a .446 GG.

[Don McDowell]

Todd I beginning to think you need to have a looonngg heart to heart come to Jesus speech with who ever it was that sold you that rifle. I think it's going to take a new barrel to get it to running right, unless you have a smith cut the one that's on it back a 1/2 inch or so and start over with a proper reamer.

[craneman]

Well, I contacted the seller and am sending it back for a refund.

As an aside, a big one, the geometry of the action will not allow a cartridge of this length to be chambered. It looks like one would have to take enough off of the hammer that it may not even make contact with the firing pin!

Thanks for all the guidance Kurt and Don etal. I appreciate you helping me work through this.

Back to the drawing board on building my next rifle.


Todd

[Don McDowell]

Todd here's a nice hiwall in 44 http://csharpsarms.com/catalog-detail/31...4-cal.html

[Kurt]

You did the right thing Todd

[Kurt]

I looked at that rifle earlier today Don. Wonder what case that .44 is?

[Don McDowell]

It's not chambered yet Kurt, just waiting for someone to decide the chamber... They got a 74 in 44, pick your chamber too.

[Kurt]

It's not chambered yet Kurt, just waiting for someone to decide the chamber... They got a 74 in 44, pick your chamber too.

I sent off two E-mails asking for a statice on my reamers and haven't got a reply yet

[Don McDowell]

I hope you hear pretty soon. I'm getting antzi now that the barrel is here.