US Revolver Co. 38 S&W

by Bob Hatfield , Friday, March 31, 2023, 15:34 (602 days ago)
edited by Bob Hatfield, Friday, March 31, 2023, 16:39

Here it was in action.

Remington 38 S&W 146 Gr. RN cartridges of recent manufacture.
7 yards offhand in double action mode. Had to aim at the bottom bullseye to hit the top one. These felt really powder puff powered, (the revolver has a .013-cylinder gap).

I backed up to 15 yards and shot a cylinder with 3 very old REM UMC 146 RN and 2 old Western Lubaloy 38 S&W 146s, and they strung up and down in to an 8-inch group. One thing I noticed was the Western Lubaloy 38 rounds felt more powerful than the Remington's.

Leading inside the barrel was non-existent after 10 shots, but the forcing cone was leaded to high heaven, I suppose from the bullet having to cram into a tight bore.

I need to make a new taller front sight. Why does one want to tinker with such things? The image below is resized to keep it from being so large. For some reason my method of resizing seems to stretch the image.

Bob