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Originally Posted by
samuel 
| You may find that the oal is shorter using a revolver because of the clearance required for the cylinder to turn and the chamber being slightly larger to facilitate loading.I was speaking about a rifle chamber might be slightly tighter and no tolerance for a cylinder to turn,causing the case to stretch out more than up. sam. |
Sam,
What are you talking about? I have a Rossi 92 in 45 Colt and numerous Ruger Vaqeros in 45 Colt. There is no difference in chamber dimensions between the two guns. ALL GUNS are chambered to SAAMI specs no matter what their action is. I shoot the same load of 2400 and 250 grain XTPs in each gun and use the same brass for both. Pistol cartridges rarely need trimming because they are loaded to lower pressures, and have straight case walls. Bottle necked cases tend to stretch, not straight walled or slightly tapered cases. That's why you need to trim rifle cases all the time, and pistol cases tend to split necks before needing to be trimmed.
