straight walled brass

[Scibaer]

Ok to futher my quest , now that i have a chamber pressure list.  Is there a list that shows straight walled cases. i know most of them, but dont want to over look any potential candidate. so, where can i fins a list of all straight wall brass, calibers for the handi ?
glenn

[stimpylu32]

Boy O boy , your not asking much .  Lets see if your just looking for a factory barrel or one to rechamber that will drop the list some .

.358 cal -- 38spl, 357 mag, 357 Max

.44 cal -- 44spl, 44 mag, 445 super mag

.452 cal -- 45LC, 45 Auto Rim, 454 casull, 460 S&W

Then there are the 38/55 and 45/70

Now if you want to do a rebore and rechamber .

.32 cal -- 32 S&W, 32 S&W long, 32 H&R mag, 327 Fed and at .302 dia. the 32 LC

.270 cal -- 270 Ren

,41 cal -- 41spl, 41 mag

And their are even more , you can scroll through the case drawings here for more .

http://stevespages.com/page8d.htm

stimpy

[Scibaer]

Thanks stimpy, thanks a good list i can work off that. that gets me what i was looking for.  i didnt realize there were so many, some of them ive never even heard of.
thanks again

[stimpylu32]

Glenn

Their are quite a few that most people don't even think about , some were wildcats that just never took off and some are just OLD , how that cowboy shooting is going strong some of the older ones are making a come back . I also forgot the 500 S&W that could be done into some of the older .50 cal PB rounds like the 50/70 .

stimpy

[Scibaer]

My thought on that is, if the caliber is usual or obscure, its more likely to be hard to load for, finding brass and lead at reasonable costs. I do find that realoding for straight walled cases easier to work with so i am more interested in staying with calibers that use straight cases, but want a lower pressure round for my old reciever. so i guess i'm limiting my playing field quite a bit.
glenn

[stimpylu32]

Your best bet would be the 357 mag barel , cast bullets are dirt cheap compaired to others , uses very little powder and you can also shoot 38spl all day long on a pound of powder . It would make a desent deer gun in the mag with a 180 grain bullet .

The 357 is on my short list of Handi's to get yet just for a cheap / fun plunker gun , and i like the idea of a rifle / handgun combo .

stimpy

[Scibaer]

Just out of interest, how much longer is the .357 max brass ? then the mag. ?
glenn

[stimpylu32]

here you go

38spl -- 1.155

mag -- 1.290

max -- 1.605

stimpy