Bought a Colt Cobra Target last week and have discovered a problem.
After shooting a box a Remington 38 specials and 24 federal magnums I switched to my favorite target handloads.
These were Missouri bullet company 158gr. semi-wadcutters loaded in magnum cases with 5.3gr. of universal clays.
Bullets would not seat all the way down in the cylinder.
Cylinder length is 1.560 same as my Python, Dan Wesson is 1.634.
Bullets seat fine in both my DW and the Python. Got it home and started taking measurements, turns out the chambers are bored short.
SWC bullets are hitting the throats preventing them from seating all the way down. All other bullets, with a rounded ogive, seem to work fine.
Anyone else discovered this or is it just my revolver?
After shooting a box a Remington 38 specials and 24 federal magnums I switched to my favorite target handloads.
These were Missouri bullet company 158gr. semi-wadcutters loaded in magnum cases with 5.3gr. of universal clays.
Bullets would not seat all the way down in the cylinder.
Cylinder length is 1.560 same as my Python, Dan Wesson is 1.634.
Bullets seat fine in both my DW and the Python. Got it home and started taking measurements, turns out the chambers are bored short.
SWC bullets are hitting the throats preventing them from seating all the way down. All other bullets, with a rounded ogive, seem to work fine.
Anyone else discovered this or is it just my revolver?