wesm
Bearcat
I picked up a 1982 Single Six convertible from a pawn shop yesterday. After reading how the bores are oversized slightly to fit a .22 WMR bullet, I decided to test mine. I grabbed a .223 round and the bullet slid in all the way to the casing in 11 of my 12 cylinder throats.
On the one cylinder throat where I noticed the bullet stopped short, I realized there was a ding in the face of the cylinder at the throat cut. If you look close you can see the ding in the bottom left chamber throat face:
So what should I do to fix this? Haven't gotten a chance to shoot it yet but I can't help but think it will affect accuracy some. This is on the .22lr cylinder. Should I send it to Ruger to be reamed? Find a local gunsmith with a .224 reamer? Break out the needle file and try to take it out myself? I have intentions of shooting .22lr 95+% of the time in this gun, so I want it to be accurate.
On the one cylinder throat where I noticed the bullet stopped short, I realized there was a ding in the face of the cylinder at the throat cut. If you look close you can see the ding in the bottom left chamber throat face:
So what should I do to fix this? Haven't gotten a chance to shoot it yet but I can't help but think it will affect accuracy some. This is on the .22lr cylinder. Should I send it to Ruger to be reamed? Find a local gunsmith with a .224 reamer? Break out the needle file and try to take it out myself? I have intentions of shooting .22lr 95+% of the time in this gun, so I want it to be accurate.