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November 23, 2011, 12:54 AM | #1 |
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Case Setback with Tapered Cartridges
Curious to know if any of the CAS shooters here have experienced case setback with tapered/bottle nosed cartridges-38-40, 44-40, etc.?
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November 23, 2011, 04:35 AM | #2 |
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Not with 44-40.
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November 23, 2011, 08:36 AM | #4 |
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not with 44-40 either...
but think one of the guys that shoots at the club I shoot at had some set back issues with 38-40 in a custom Ruger... but I don't really know him well, so I'm not positive on the loads or other specifics
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November 23, 2011, 11:59 AM | #5 |
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A bit of history:
When the .44-40 first came out it worked fine in Winchesters but would set back and lock up a Colt SAA. The Texas Rangers learned to hate the .44-40 in a handgun. They, to a man, went with the .45 Colt for their revolvers. They did continue use of the .44-40 in rifles. |
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My Ruger Vaquero six shooter in .44-40 has never had problems with locking up from setback, but then again, I'm not one of those people who just has to turn a .44-40 into a .44 Magnum.
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November 23, 2011, 10:48 PM | #8 |
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I don't know what "case setback" is, but from the discussion I gather it is a tendency of a shouldered cartridge to fill the shoulder in the chamber upon firing and push the base back against the recoil shield? Please educate me.
If so, I wonder if this is why the old Colt SAA cylinders were notorious for having the shoulders cut so far forward that case life was short due to the subsequent amount of necessary case resizing. Perhaps having space ahead of the case shoulder prevents "case setback"? |
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November 23, 2011, 11:42 PM | #10 |
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A 'Colt' guy told me that the original .44-40 ammo had to much shoulder. I only know that Texas Rangers nearly to a man avoided the .44-40 Colt.
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November 24, 2011, 03:17 PM | #11 |
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Have not experienced case setback in my Uberti SAAs.
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