Hi all. This is my first post, and it's about...well, the title gun lol. I have the sheriff's model, and it's a recent buy, I haven't had a chance to shoot it yet. I measured the bore and the chambers with my digital calipers and came out to a range between .43 and change to .445. Keep in mind I've never used them for precision down to the thousandths of an inch before, I typically use them for woodworking, so I'm not sure how accurate they are down to that level, and I'm very unsure how accurate I am at finding the widest part of the bore or chamber reliably. I was expecting to find .452 to .454 give or take. Now I'm rather unsure as to what size ball I should look for.
I have the Pale Rider Kirst Konverter for it, because I know I'm going to want to shoot cartridges out of it as well. I also happened to have 45 Long Colt cartridges on hand, but neither powder nor balls to use the percussion cylinder this time. I measured some of the bullets in the cartridges, and they came out in the same .44 and change area (so did my .45 ACP rounds). I'm confused because I thought these things were made in .452 these days. At least that's what I've been told by bullet vendors when I've asked. That's what I was going with until I took the measurements tonight.
So what size ball do I look for? And how much should I trust the accuracy of my measurement? I'd normally think I was overthinking it, but with the scarcity of ammo.... I'm probably still overthinking it, but at least now there's a reason to lol.
Thanks!
Chris
I have the Pale Rider Kirst Konverter for it, because I know I'm going to want to shoot cartridges out of it as well. I also happened to have 45 Long Colt cartridges on hand, but neither powder nor balls to use the percussion cylinder this time. I measured some of the bullets in the cartridges, and they came out in the same .44 and change area (so did my .45 ACP rounds). I'm confused because I thought these things were made in .452 these days. At least that's what I've been told by bullet vendors when I've asked. That's what I was going with until I took the measurements tonight.
So what size ball do I look for? And how much should I trust the accuracy of my measurement? I'd normally think I was overthinking it, but with the scarcity of ammo.... I'm probably still overthinking it, but at least now there's a reason to lol.
Thanks!
Chris