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ilmonster · November 1, 2020, 06:59 PM

I have a Taylor's Smokewagon 45 Colt SAA revolver I recently purchased. I have put just over 100 rounds of reloads through it and love it. Well built, accurate.

The issue I'm having is when firing a round, a reasonable amt. of flames comes out from the cylinder gap. I'm curious why.

Some specifics include:
Cylinder gap - .0015" feeler goes in gap. .0025" won't. So cylinder gap is ~ .002" which doesn't seem to be too wide
Load - Hytech coated 250 RNFP Acme bullets. 6.9 gr. of HP-38 powder. CCI primers, Winchester cases (new).

I haven't noticed any unburnt powder flakes in cylinders (a friends Uberti used to not burn all it's powder, but it was a slower pistol powder than HP-38).

Just curious why the cool flames. My other revolvers I load for don't put on quite the same show. They are a Ruger SuperBlackhawk (load 44 Spcl level loads), GP-100 (.38 loads) and LCR (.38 loads). Thanks!

November 1, 2020, 06:59 PM	#1
ilmonster Senior Member Join Date: January 4, 2009 Location: Wisconsin Posts: 180	Cylinder gap flames I have a Taylor's Smokewagon 45 Colt SAA revolver I recently purchased. I have put just over 100 rounds of reloads through it and love it. Well built, accurate. The issue I'm having is when firing a round, a reasonable amt. of flames comes out from the cylinder gap. I'm curious why. Some specifics include: Cylinder gap - .0015" feeler goes in gap. .0025" won't. So cylinder gap is ~ .002" which doesn't seem to be too wide Load - Hytech coated 250 RNFP Acme bullets. 6.9 gr. of HP-38 powder. CCI primers, Winchester cases (new). I haven't noticed any unburnt powder flakes in cylinders (a friends Uberti used to not burn all it's powder, but it was a slower pistol powder than HP-38). Just curious why the cool flames. My other revolvers I load for don't put on quite the same show. They are a Ruger SuperBlackhawk (load 44 Spcl level loads), GP-100 (.38 loads) and LCR (.38 loads). Thanks! Last edited by ilmonster; November 1, 2020 at 08:31 PM.