George
Blackhawk
Hello, I have a new NM Blackhawk Flat top Lipseys gun in .45acp/.45LC convertible in stainless with a 4 5/8s" barrel. I have not fired it yet. I need to get assess to a range but on looking at it and the cylinder throat size the best I could tell. This is what I find.. I have as digital caliper. I checked what bullets I have and thought I could use them for a pin gage. Any way I find that the .45acp cylinder will fit a .45acp Raininer RN Copper plated bullet with a slight push of my finger. Nice a snug but it will go right through equally in all bores. The CP bullet come it at 0.451 of a inch with my digital caliber. How does this seem? I can not fit it down the barrel with my finger I know this is good but will slug the barrel as soon as I can.. In any case now here may be the issue. The 0.451 sized bullet will not fit in the throat of my .45colt cylinder I can't push it through by hand . This is just a guess but going to say the throat's on the colt cylinder are going to be 0.450 or less because it's seams close to fitting just can't push it through..
I edited the size as I was using a cheap digital caliper that gave me 0.450. But when using a small all steel caliper I got .451
Now with a better analog dial caliper again I got 451 again..
knowing this I believe my gun will shoot better with the ACP cylinder then colt cylinder. And that's ok .45acp is what I got it for anyway.. But should I send out the colt cylinder to get it reamed? Or do any of you think it will shoot .45 cotls just fine the way it is? Sorry I always seem to make the post longer then they have to be.. Thanks! George
I edited the size as I was using a cheap digital caliper that gave me 0.450. But when using a small all steel caliper I got .451
Now with a better analog dial caliper again I got 451 again..
knowing this I believe my gun will shoot better with the ACP cylinder then colt cylinder. And that's ok .45acp is what I got it for anyway.. But should I send out the colt cylinder to get it reamed? Or do any of you think it will shoot .45 cotls just fine the way it is? Sorry I always seem to make the post longer then they have to be.. Thanks! George