I have a minor fascination with subcaliber inserts.
I got some .22 LR ones in .45 Colt with the idea of shooting old guns cheaper. Problem: It shoot them far less accurately.
I got one in .410 for 12 ga. with the idea of being able to dispatch small critters quietly.
Problem: It does so much, much more expensively, and in slugs, less accurately and almost so ineffectively as to be inhumane.
I got one in .357 for 12 ga, for the same purpose.
That one works great, though it's quite inaccurate beyond 10 yards. In .38 wadcutter, it does the job nicely and quietly.
I have seen many pistol-to-rifle converters. One reason I love my .35 Whelen is that I can handload .357 pistol bullets in it, for quieter, less zippy practice or plinking loads. But I got to thinking: what of caliber conversions for it? I don't suppose that a .38 Special revolver rim would fit in the base of a .35 Whelen (read: .30-'06) case. But I would think that one could be made up for .357 Sig, which is rimless.
Anyone know of someone making such conversion sleeves in .357 Sig to .35 Whelen? Or even 9mm to .35 Whelen? .38 Super?
I got some .22 LR ones in .45 Colt with the idea of shooting old guns cheaper. Problem: It shoot them far less accurately.
I got one in .410 for 12 ga. with the idea of being able to dispatch small critters quietly.
Problem: It does so much, much more expensively, and in slugs, less accurately and almost so ineffectively as to be inhumane.
I got one in .357 for 12 ga, for the same purpose.
That one works great, though it's quite inaccurate beyond 10 yards. In .38 wadcutter, it does the job nicely and quietly.
I have seen many pistol-to-rifle converters. One reason I love my .35 Whelen is that I can handload .357 pistol bullets in it, for quieter, less zippy practice or plinking loads. But I got to thinking: what of caliber conversions for it? I don't suppose that a .38 Special revolver rim would fit in the base of a .35 Whelen (read: .30-'06) case. But I would think that one could be made up for .357 Sig, which is rimless.
Anyone know of someone making such conversion sleeves in .357 Sig to .35 Whelen? Or even 9mm to .35 Whelen? .38 Super?