As for bullet diameter, NEVER take for granted that the label represents the true diameter of the contents.
Recently, our esteemed editor, Eric Poole, recommended to me Elmer Keiths 1936 book, 'Big Game Rifles. From Guns & Ammos November 1961 issue, when he joined G&As staff, until his death in 1984, he was our premier writer.
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After several near-misses one learns to VERY carefully check what powder is being used, visually check the powder level in handgun cartridges and, as I finally chose to do, use a rifle powder that even with a completely full case cannot exceed the safe operational pressure of the action. Uncle Elmer Speaks Former Guns & Ammo Shooting Editor Elmer Keith was one of Americas most beloved and colorful gunwriters. This called for a case removal tool and often a swelled chamber. Shortly thereafter, he drew up his plans. 44 SWC, which later gained fame as the Ideal 429421.
He created the Keith semi-wadcutter bullet that you will find in Lyman’s catalog as cast bullet 429421. I have seen more than one Python with swelled or ruptured cylinders, “locked-up” cylinders and more than one rifle that the bolt had to be operated with the judicious application of a ball peen hammer often leaving the rear of the case in the chamber. In 1928 Elmer Keith scratched out the design for his landmark. 44 Remington Magnum but he was certainly a highly influential member of the group of experimenters and advocates for its creation. 45 Colt diameter and he was using black powder which he ground to the consistency of flour so you get more into the case. 45-70 bullets which were not size down to. 45 Colt Single Action that may have not have been in the best of shape is bullets were. (Nobody ever accused us of being smart or we would not be reloading in the first place.) I never blew a cylinder but have seen several that this had happened to … usually from a “double-charge.” I finally came to the conclusion that in an intensive reload situation cylinder flutes were not desirable at all because they weakened the cylinder by a very minute measure. The then young Elmer Keith made several mistakes. Back then most reloading was by following the rule of starting somewhere north of where you thought you should be and work backwards. In my younger days, back when the T Rexs roamed at liberty, my mantra was, “If some is good then more is better and too much is JUST RIGHT!” And following this protocol enabled me to blow primer pockets, weld cases into chambers and blow extractors clean off of formerly perfectly good rifles.
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