bp carteidge
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I would NOT recommend using a conversion cylinder in a brass frame "BP" revolver!
There are much better ways to test fate
Your best bet is to find a steel frame BP if you are determind to have the conversion.
I have a '58 .44cal. New Army & '51 .36cal. Navy (Peitta's) that I bought conversion cylinders. Both are "STEEL" frame and they are very fun to shoot as well as accurate. I reload my own bullets for both, and I load them in the "mild range".
Again....cartridge ammo is not recommended for brass framed BP revolver's...period!
There are much better ways to test fate
Your best bet is to find a steel frame BP if you are determind to have the conversion.
I have a '58 .44cal. New Army & '51 .36cal. Navy (Peitta's) that I bought conversion cylinders. Both are "STEEL" frame and they are very fun to shoot as well as accurate. I reload my own bullets for both, and I load them in the "mild range".
Again....cartridge ammo is not recommended for brass framed BP revolver's...period!
44capnball
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even though it's not recommended it really seems to not make sense.
When you think about it, the brass cartridge case absorbs a lot of the pressure. For example if a case defect blows out in a smokeless gun, the chamber can blow out too. I know the frames do stretch in brass frame, but you'd think it would be worse with loose powder. Again, not saying to try a conversion cylinder in a brass frame. I think a lot of it has to do w/ lawyers. Somebody will sooner or later put a full house load thru one of those cylinders and a brass frame definitely can't handle that.
I would be interested to see someone test pressures... maybe 15 grains FFFg in a 51 navy, vs. 15 grains FFFg in a 38 S&W conversion cylinder. If it would fit in that little cartridge. Well you should at least do 10 (never tried the 38 S&W so I don't know its capacity without looking it up).
When you think about it, the brass cartridge case absorbs a lot of the pressure. For example if a case defect blows out in a smokeless gun, the chamber can blow out too. I know the frames do stretch in brass frame, but you'd think it would be worse with loose powder. Again, not saying to try a conversion cylinder in a brass frame. I think a lot of it has to do w/ lawyers. Somebody will sooner or later put a full house load thru one of those cylinders and a brass frame definitely can't handle that.
I would be interested to see someone test pressures... maybe 15 grains FFFg in a 51 navy, vs. 15 grains FFFg in a 38 S&W conversion cylinder. If it would fit in that little cartridge. Well you should at least do 10 (never tried the 38 S&W so I don't know its capacity without looking it up).