I think Taurus must have used one of those oversize....

by Sarge , Central Misery, Saturday, May 25, 2013, 10:52 (4145 days ago) @ Bud
edited by Sarge, Saturday, May 25, 2013, 12:21

25-5's as a pattern for their Public Defender... I'm on a "what the hell, try it!" kick & I swapped into a stainless one yesterday.

0.463" seems to be the norm for chamber throats here. I'm gonna play with some .457" ball when I get time and see if I can gin up a passably accurate pest load. I shot it with my standard 255 RNFP load (7.1 grains W231) my 255 SWC load (7.5 grains) and some Winchester #6 cheapie field loads. The WW #6 yielded snake shredding patterns at 12 feet.

It did not like the 255 SWC's and planted them perfectly sideways at 25 yards (THAT would leave a mark) about 6" above the front sight. It also got leaded up by them in two cylinders and this probably affected accuracy with the RNFP load. About the best it would do is 5-6" at 25 yards, again 5" high. What it will do is keep all its shots on a B27 at that distance... even the sideways ones LOL.

I have some Hornady 185 grain FTX that came in the deal and I'll sacrifice 6 rounds to see if it groups better at distance- and expands from the PD's teeny barrel.

By conventional standards, the gun don't shoot for sour apples with two proven-accurate 45 Colt loads. Just for grins, I burned a couple of cylinders in DA shooting on 6" falling plates at 15 yards. I couldn't seem to miss one. Heck, I busted a coke can 2 out of 3 at that distance.