Re: Your personal firearm firsts
Posted: Wed Nov 29, 2017 6:45 pm
Hey, I thought of a "first" to add.
A first Wildcat chambering in my safe and at my load bench!
In the event you may not know, the term Wildcat in gunning refers to a cartridge that was conceived by someone AND in use by folks that is not and has not been available as built and shipped by gunmakers.
Lots of cartridges began life as Wildcats... if they are good enough and become popular, they become former wildcats. .300 Black Out is a recent one... the .22-250 is a legendary one.
Mine? .357-44 B&D! The letters stand for "Bain & Davis", the California gun shop that came up with the round and offered the gunsmith work to alter revolvers to accept them.
Basically, it is a piece of .44 Magnum brass that bottlenecks to hold a .357 bullet. It allows you to put a larger powder charge than you can in a .357 Magnum case.
It's fun and forming the brass isn't difficult. Big fireball when the hammer falls.
The launch platform is a 1978-built S&W Model 28-2, a great choice for alteration since they made so many. The 28 is an N-frame, so it's the same cylinder and frame size that most S&W .44 Magnums are made on. My .357-44 B&D cylinder is actually an altered extra cylinder, I also have the revolver's original cylinder with the gun.
A first Wildcat chambering in my safe and at my load bench!
In the event you may not know, the term Wildcat in gunning refers to a cartridge that was conceived by someone AND in use by folks that is not and has not been available as built and shipped by gunmakers.
Lots of cartridges began life as Wildcats... if they are good enough and become popular, they become former wildcats. .300 Black Out is a recent one... the .22-250 is a legendary one.
Mine? .357-44 B&D! The letters stand for "Bain & Davis", the California gun shop that came up with the round and offered the gunsmith work to alter revolvers to accept them.
Basically, it is a piece of .44 Magnum brass that bottlenecks to hold a .357 bullet. It allows you to put a larger powder charge than you can in a .357 Magnum case.
It's fun and forming the brass isn't difficult. Big fireball when the hammer falls.
The launch platform is a 1978-built S&W Model 28-2, a great choice for alteration since they made so many. The 28 is an N-frame, so it's the same cylinder and frame size that most S&W .44 Magnums are made on. My .357-44 B&D cylinder is actually an altered extra cylinder, I also have the revolver's original cylinder with the gun.