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Marrakai
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Loc: Darwin, Top End of Australia

Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH
19/01/23 11:25 AM

Little bit of progress to report:
I managed to acquire a brand new set of loading dies for this cartridge, made(?) by the Vanettens of Bullzi Projectiles. Apparently the local Darwin pistol-smith I mentioned earlier (Graham B__) commissioned a bunch of them, and still had one set left unsold!
I should buy a lotto ticket...
He confirmed the barrel on my newly-acquired Colt is a King's (USA), although it is unmarked but for the ".38 JWH" caliber stamp. Not sure how King's cut their barrels but they were imported already chambered apparently.
Meanwhile, B__ had convinced Clymer to make him a reamer by altering the shoulder angle on a .38 Casull by half a degree and stamping it ".38 FJH"...

He then set about rechambering Aussie-made Lissner barrels for interested parties.

While my gun is nice and tight, it seems the barrel will need a bit of adjustment to improve the fit before I start volume shooting.
Now waiting for a rainy day to run my .45 cases through B__'s form dies (all four of them, plus the FLS die to adjust headspace to ~zero in my barrel.
More beers...(sigh)

Never ceases to amaze me how much history can be uncovered by heading off down these crazy historical rabbit-holes!

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Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Marrakai	01/12/22 12:17 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Hunter4752001	01/12/22 05:23 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	lancaster	01/12/22 05:43 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	NitroX	01/12/22 06:29 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	lancaster	02/12/22 05:59 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Marrakai	02/12/22 03:10 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	NitroX	02/12/22 04:01 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Homer	15/01/23 08:56 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	DarylS	15/01/23 09:55 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Hunter4752001	15/01/23 11:06 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	DarylS	15/01/23 02:16 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	NitroX	15/01/23 07:14 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	DarylS	16/01/23 06:00 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Homer	16/01/23 08:02 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	85lc	16/01/23 11:37 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Marrakai	16/01/23 12:28 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Marrakai	19/01/23 11:25 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	DarylS	19/01/23 01:13 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Hunter4752001	19/01/23 06:55 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	lancaster	19/01/23 11:30 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Marrakai	12/02/23 09:29 PM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	Marrakai	22/04/23 12:32 AM
Re: Re-birthing a .38-45 JWH	DarylS	22/04/23 02:04 AM

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