03-03-2019, 04:31 AM
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6 hours ago, heavyhorse said:
I don't much favor revolvers.
1) The chamber isn't in the barrel. All things being equal (load, barrel length, etc.) the velocity is less because part of the gas leaks out between the cylinder and the barrel (and you'd better keep your fingers clear; poor hold not rewarded!)
2) They are more prone to accidental firing if dropped, snagged going through a fence (or in your belt-- does anyone actually carry stuffed in your pants?!?) Notwithstanding that some of the compact non-revolvers aren't guilty of the same of course. But the NATO-pattern guns meet some decent standards for safety and reliability. So yeah, I don't have any tiny guns, it's worth the extra inch and ounce for the full-size. Besides, the Game & Fish Dep't guy said you're just going to piss off the bigger critters like bears and boars and such with the ACP rounds.....
an interesting point, fortunately none of my wheelguns have any real problems with functionality. even the old 32-30 has excellent cylinder to barrel headspace allignment and surprisingly a little les gap than either the Taurus raging bull or the Magnum research BFR. surprising due to the age of the gun.
as for squib rounds most ive seen were 22 rimfire, but i've had some weak 32-20's from winchester before they totally stopped prodction (have to get it from OWS or handload now) thankfully the bad rounds exited the barrel but hit about a foot low at 25 yards.
had some winchester .243 ammo that was way too hot too, kicked like a mule and bulged cases/compressed caseheads and blown out primers just like too hot of handloads do.
it was the 100gr ballistic silvertip variety that gave the problem.
I've had a few true squibs in centerfire but they were chinese 7.62x39 ammo. tapping the bullet out of an AK barrel is a PITA but the ease of disassembly/reassembly sort of made up for that.
Russian ammo is better in both 7.63x39 and 7.62x54 but the 7.62x54 can vary greatly in power. I've had some that would kick worse than a 300 win mag, and some that were as mild as a 30-30. thankfully most of the ''hot'' ones I've had were fired in a mosin nagant rifle rather than the semi auto SVD so a bit less of an issue. not sure how the gas system of the SVD would handle the hot rounds but considering it is based on the AK system only larger it most likely can digest similar questionable ammo reasonably well.
