You guys may remember....

by Glen, Thursday, March 21, 2013, 17:52 (4268 days ago)

...that I bought an old S&W 2nd Model Hand Ejector a while back. According to the serial number and proof marks, this gun was built in 1915 and was made for Canada. It was originally chambered for the .455 Webley Mark II (a 265 grain FMJ at 600 fps), but got rechambered to .45 Colt after it came back from WWI. It had a little fouling in the barrel when I got it, so I gave it a thorough scrubbing, and was pleased to find that the bore is in excellent condition. The target below is the first 6 shots I put through the gun earlier this morning. Flyer low at 6 o'clock is the first shot from a scrubbed clean, dry bore. The shot at 7:30 is the second, and the four 10s are shots 3-6. Not too bad for a gun that's almost 100 years old!

(Load data -- Lachmiller version of the 454190 RNFP, cast soft (recovered range scrap, about BHN 8), sized .454", lubed with homemade moly lube, over 8.0 grains of W231, CCI300 primers) 6 o'clock hold