tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post7003965643695131283..comments2024-03-28T08:30:26.301-07:00Comments on Cogito Ergo Geek: Geek KaBOOM! Part IIJerry The Geekhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16181610016755426448noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post-9074907747055321482013-03-11T12:22:17.786-07:002013-03-11T12:22:17.786-07:00It looks like you may want your new barrel to be c...It looks like you may want your new barrel to be chambered for 40 S&W. Cheap readily available brass, and with the newer reduced PF you can safely make major without having to load to high pressure. In fact, you can allow a fudge factor and still keep pressures below 20,000 psi. There is a reason the 40 S&W is so popular in limited.<br />AntipodaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post-69334685642653576412013-03-10T16:17:16.293-07:002013-03-10T16:17:16.293-07:00Everything that happened took place in the chambe...Everything that happened took place in the chamber. Your smith says you have a flat-oval chamber and may have excessive headspace. New barrel should fix all of that.<br /><br />Sounds like you've skirted the edge of disaster for a while, and that bad chamber would also be very hard on your brass, shortening it's life to well below what you were loading it to.<br /><br />Scrap the barrel, scrap all your brass, and you should be fine. Only thing, the added cost of several hundred new hulls puts the gun in the "not econmical to shoot" category, most likely.Rivrdoghttp://rivrdog.typepad.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9422233.post-52245919521696992062013-03-08T06:29:14.470-08:002013-03-08T06:29:14.470-08:00Hoping that the expense of restoring your edge to ...Hoping that the expense of restoring your edge to good health is not too excessive.<br />AntipodaAnonymousnoreply@blogger.com