Sheriff's 44 special

I wonder if anyone notices the extra lead flavor in your wife's pies?
You're not supposed to have lead flavored pies? :-)

I always take a 2.5 gallon bucket with a screw on lid to the range, with those pie plates to hold fresh ammo and some of the cheap round Tupperware plastic tubs for the spent cases. They all stack neatly in the bucket, and help with me keeping the brass sorted in the field.
 
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Both my 44 special flattop and my Sheriff work well with the Borchardt 44-40 cylinder too. Kind of a neat look with the solid sided cylinder.

I've not shot the Sheriff with the 44-40 cylinder on paper, but by flattop shoots tighter groups than either one of my Uberti 44-40's with it. A fun accessory, especially if you love that round too.
 
I always take a 2.5 gallon bucket with a screw on lid to the range
I simply just put the empties back in the box where they came from. I use the 100 round plastic boxes myself. Besides being neat and tidy, I can keep track of how many time I have reloaded the cases in a box over time.
 
I suppose everyone has their own workflow.

Putting the cases back in the box is a no go for me. They get dumped into my Dillon case feeder attached the to Lee APP and the primers get punched out - as soon as I get home. I like to clean them in stainless steel pins in the tumbler, and the primer pockets come out squeaky clean that way. Just my preference.
 
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Both my 44 special flattop and my Sheriff work well with the Borchardt 44-40 cylinder too. Kind of a neat look with the solid sided cylinder.

I've not shot the Sheriff with the 44-40 cylinder on paper, but by flattop shoots tighter groups than either one of my Uberti 44-40's with it. A fun accessory, especially if you love that round too.
When I think Borchardt I think enormous Luger predecessor.
 
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Very cool! Just curious, how much fitting/filing was necessary to fit it to your blued steel revolver frame?
When you use a grip frame that came on a gun, and of a close vintage to your gun, fitting is minimal and sometimes not even needed. Of course if you use a SS grip frame and fitting is needed, you just polish it. And you don't need to have it blued. Although I've used non stainless steel grip frames and just polish them after fitting. I've never had a high polished steel grip frame rust. The high polished surface does not offer a surface for rust to gain a foothold.

If you buy a new grip frame from Ruger it comes oversize and all surfaces need fitting and finishing.
 
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... Just my preference.
Yep as it should be. My cases don't see a tumbler until I think they need it, and tumbled with primers in. Used to clean the pockets, but found it doesn't make a bit of difference to seating of the primer or accuracy of the cartridge. As you say, just my preference :) .
 

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