I typed this post sometime back but it never appeared. I musta hit the back button instead of the one to post.
Anyway, a while back I wanted to shoot my new to me Uberti conversion replica so I loaded up 50 odd rounds of 38 Spl. 158 gr. SWC's over a light load (4 gr.) of Unique.
After a bit of plinking at targets of opportunity down at the farm I was happy enough with the load and the functioning of the revolver. But after firing a few cylinders full I noticed that, while the spent cases fell out of the chambers most of the time, occasionally I had to use the ejection rod to get a hull out of a chamber. That really didn't concern me much.
But then a chance examination of the fired cases reveled that some were bulged just ahead of the web.
Maybe just on one side rather then all the way around... I forget exactly.
When I got home I grabbed my calipers and did some measuring. Now I also forget what the exact cylinder measurements were
, but they seemed pretty good and within SAMMI specs. Hi-ebber, and day always be a hi-ebber, some of the cases were bulged out a few thousandths just ahead of the web. The only conclusion I can come to is that at least one of the chambers is enlarged just inside the rear chamber mouth of the cylinder.
What y'all think? How could that happen?
I thought about contacting Taylor & Co. and Uberti, and I thought about getting another cylinder. But then I said to myself, "self" you only carry 5 rounds in the cylinder most of the time anyway! So if there is only one offending chamber, I'll just ID it and leave that one empty.
If there is more then one...
