Without going back up to read his post, I noticed someone went off on a tangent about Rifles. Maybe that is the refence to the bullet not engaging the rifling?It's an excerpt from a post by The Hobby Gunsmith, farther up the page. It doesn't make sense to me, either.
357 Mag and 38 Special use exactly the same bullet diameters. The length of the cartridge has nothing to do the circumference of the bullet engaging the rifling.Hope this helps.
- Does shooting .38 harm when shot from a .357? Shooting .38 Special ammunition from a .357 Magnum revolver is perfectly safe. The .357 Magnum revolver is designed to chamber and fire both .357 Magnum and .38 Special cartridges. The .38 Special cartridge is slightly shorter than the .357 Magnum, so it may not engage the rifling as fully as the longer .357 Magnum cartridge. This might affect accuracy to a small degree, but it won't harm the revolver.
It's an excerpt from a post by The Hobby Gunsmith, farther up the page. It doesn't make sense to me, either.
Good idea I have to try that.Thinking The Hobby Gunsmith missed the "revolver" detail. Everything has a jump to the rifling in a revolver.
As to OP, what I did was flare a 357 case and filed a few "teeth" into the case mouth. I then drilled the primer out and threaded small bolt so I could chuck it in my cordless to use as a scraper to clean up the residue from 38's at the end of the 357 chambers.
Not sure about the above post has to do with revolvers ...
I believe the point being made is that a 357 magnum cartridge has a shorter gap before it engages the barrel rifling than a 38 special (which is shorter) but I don't know if it in anyway affects accuracy.357 Mag and 38 Special use exactly the same bullet diameters. The length of the cartridge has nothing to do the circumference of the bullet engaging the rifling.
Now you have to remember that I am a SASS shooter so accuracy isn't my thing.As posted above, he may have been thinking rifle rather than revolver.
OK, then I'll go back to Huh?"Thinking The Hobby Gunsmith missed the "revolver" detail. Everything has a jump to the rifling in a revolver."
"As posted above, he may have been thinking rifle rather than revolver."
I don't think so. If you read what he wrote, it includes the word "revolver" three times.
I know back in "the day" there were some custom PPC revolvers built with short cylinder that could only chamber flush seatedNow you have to remember that I am a SASS shooter so accuracy isn't my thing.
Speed is life But isn't one of the most accurate 38 rounds a hollow base wadcutter that has to go a long way to the barrel????
Are those Birchwood Casey lead remover cloths bad for bluing or am I making that up? Been a long time and I can't remember.