My Big Gun

[alvin]

Is it a heavy? Looks very big....

[sheepherder]

Originally Posted by Rick W.

Sounds like a home brew 357 Bains and Davis on the smith.........good job, a bit quicker than the original chambering huh?

Lots!

I was never too impressed with the excuse given for the 357/44 B&D sloping shoulder...We never had any extraction problems with this wildcat...

I hear that HP38 is fairly close to W231...

I'm trying to get some AA #7 now...

Jurris's Newsletter was around for a while, but not any more.

Yeah, that was it! Excellent reading...

I am more fond of the 357 amp than the 44amp cartridge, because of the funny sound it makes on the range.

Yep! This S&W makes the same flat hollow sound...

Back when I first bought my 8 3/8" bbl'd S&W, Clymer would grind you a reamer to your specs...Just load up two dummy rounds, complete their order sheet w/dimensions, and they'd make it up for you...I did two in this configuration; one blued 6" bbl N-frame 357, and my nickled 8 3/8" bbl'd N-frame...

Just a few months back, I finally found another nickle N-frame 357 cylinder & crane...So I have a "kit gun" in both 357 calibers...

Pic below - 357/44 mag; 357 AMP; 44 AMP