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I've been looking at a Taylor&Co 1858 cartridge conversion, one of their pre-made ones in .38 special ( http://www.taylorsfirearms.com/hand...-1-2-blue-finish-walnut-grips-model-1012.html )
I asked about the ammunition it took to find out if it was black powder or cowboy loads only like many conversion kits you can get, and they told me that normal velocity ammo would be fine, but that I shouldn't use copper jacketed rounds.
What's the reasoning behind this? Is the barrel made of a softer material? Is it somehow out-of-spec from a normal .38 sp. barrel?
I had been expecting it to not like normal .38 special velocities/loads, but they told me that it could handle 900FPS PPU lead cast ammo, so it can presumably take the pressure of modern ammunition, but no copper jackets for some reason.
It's not that much more expensive for me to get cast lead ammo, but since I already own a .38 special and several hundred rounds of copper jacketed ammo I'd like to know the reasoning why it shouldn't go in this gun.
Also wondering if anyone here has had one of these before and what they've put through it and with what results.
I asked about the ammunition it took to find out if it was black powder or cowboy loads only like many conversion kits you can get, and they told me that normal velocity ammo would be fine, but that I shouldn't use copper jacketed rounds.
What's the reasoning behind this? Is the barrel made of a softer material? Is it somehow out-of-spec from a normal .38 sp. barrel?
I had been expecting it to not like normal .38 special velocities/loads, but they told me that it could handle 900FPS PPU lead cast ammo, so it can presumably take the pressure of modern ammunition, but no copper jackets for some reason.
It's not that much more expensive for me to get cast lead ammo, but since I already own a .38 special and several hundred rounds of copper jacketed ammo I'd like to know the reasoning why it shouldn't go in this gun.
Also wondering if anyone here has had one of these before and what they've put through it and with what results.