08-26-2011, 03:03 AM
I think they were tumbling. If tumbling, they don't always show the full profile, because like a spun knife, sometimes they almost hit the point and you don't get the profile.
When Charter Arms was making a five-shot 44 special revolver, the Bulldog, they had trouble with tumbling. Back when the American Rifleman was worth a damn the NRA tech staff tracked it to a barrel constriction at the frame connection point. Perhaps the throat was reamed improperly, or the bullets were undersize and didn't take the rifling. Sometime rifles just don't like a particular bullet, and maybe some version of this rifle's problem is the reason. I'd love to see the rifle and mike the bullets.
When Charter Arms was making a five-shot 44 special revolver, the Bulldog, they had trouble with tumbling. Back when the American Rifleman was worth a damn the NRA tech staff tracked it to a barrel constriction at the frame connection point. Perhaps the throat was reamed improperly, or the bullets were undersize and didn't take the rifling. Sometime rifles just don't like a particular bullet, and maybe some version of this rifle's problem is the reason. I'd love to see the rifle and mike the bullets.