krs
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You mean "Very even loss of blueing", right? LOL!
It's a nice looking old girl with what I'd call honest loss of finish although I've never seen one that was still holding it's original finish. A friend had one that he'd cold blued pretty well, though the british steel didn't take the blue all that well so it was a little blotchy on the larger surfaces and convinced me to never try it.
No, I've never owned a chrono although now that they're so inexpensive for good ones I don't have an excuse.
When I was shooting seriously I used a Handgun club chrono a couple of times and the same load worked out at between 730 -750 fps from my match 1911. I'm more or less convinced that the Bullseye powder as made by Alliant today is a hair softer than the Hercules Bullseye I used to use so I'd guess that even with the inch longer barrel the cylinder gap and the lighter powder keep my velocities at or below my old loads.
Seems safe anyway. I fire the pistol recreationally - and usually after a practice session and I'm tired. It's a sort of wind down to pick up the old world revolver and fire a few clips slowfire in a gentlemanly manner.
It's a nice looking old girl with what I'd call honest loss of finish although I've never seen one that was still holding it's original finish. A friend had one that he'd cold blued pretty well, though the british steel didn't take the blue all that well so it was a little blotchy on the larger surfaces and convinced me to never try it.
No, I've never owned a chrono although now that they're so inexpensive for good ones I don't have an excuse.
When I was shooting seriously I used a Handgun club chrono a couple of times and the same load worked out at between 730 -750 fps from my match 1911. I'm more or less convinced that the Bullseye powder as made by Alliant today is a hair softer than the Hercules Bullseye I used to use so I'd guess that even with the inch longer barrel the cylinder gap and the lighter powder keep my velocities at or below my old loads.
Seems safe anyway. I fire the pistol recreationally - and usually after a practice session and I'm tired. It's a sort of wind down to pick up the old world revolver and fire a few clips slowfire in a gentlemanly manner.