Magnum Wheel Man
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I've started posting a few of my other custom revolvers... this one is still in the works... completed & in testing, before cosmetic finishing...
this started out as a Uberti Colt Walker kit... has had extensive work done to it to both strengthen & modify it... there is a cartridge out there I think called "45 black powder magnum" that is similar but uses black powder... because of the weird science & machining, this gun uses the same 460 S&W case
only instead of filling with black powder, it uses smokeless... not a full charge 460 S&W obviously... but at pressure just a little over the normal 45 Colt loadings... BTW... the new Cylinder is 4140 steel, & the frame was specially case hardened for toughness, not color, & the arbor is new & bigger in the weakest areas, & the revolver also includes a taper pin to locate everything, & doesn't rely totally on the wedge... so it has had intensive modification in order to do this... the chambers are about an 1/8" shorter to prevent factory 460 cases from being inserted... barrel cylinder gap is tight & regulated by the taper pin... I did try a black powder load once, but the revolver got sticky too fast
I've been playing with my quarter bores lately & don't remember the loads & powders off the top of my head, other than I do have one load of nearly a case full of Trailboss...
here are a few pictures...
this started out as a Uberti Colt Walker kit... has had extensive work done to it to both strengthen & modify it... there is a cartridge out there I think called "45 black powder magnum" that is similar but uses black powder... because of the weird science & machining, this gun uses the same 460 S&W case
only instead of filling with black powder, it uses smokeless... not a full charge 460 S&W obviously... but at pressure just a little over the normal 45 Colt loadings... BTW... the new Cylinder is 4140 steel, & the frame was specially case hardened for toughness, not color, & the arbor is new & bigger in the weakest areas, & the revolver also includes a taper pin to locate everything, & doesn't rely totally on the wedge... so it has had intensive modification in order to do this... the chambers are about an 1/8" shorter to prevent factory 460 cases from being inserted... barrel cylinder gap is tight & regulated by the taper pin... I did try a black powder load once, but the revolver got sticky too fastI've been playing with my quarter bores lately & don't remember the loads & powders off the top of my head, other than I do have one load of nearly a case full of Trailboss...
here are a few pictures...
