I purchased a Ruger new model Blackhawk Bisley and found that the thing is
finished very poorly. The worst was the barrel had a tight spot where the barrel screwed into the frame.
I tried to fire lap with wheel weight lead bullets.
No dice the constriction was not improved at all. Bullets too hard to allow the compound to imbed into them.
So I made some pure soft lead bullets and took some fine lapping compound. http://www.amazon.com/Versachem-13209-Metal-Grinding-Compound/dp/B00C3Z9EX4
And mixed that with some 320 grit sandpaper that I torched and turned into a pile of ashes.. Theory being that you will have a pile of 320 grit when finished.
I fired 12 powder puff rounds through the gun and cleaned it.. there was zero leading.
Then pushed a soft lead slug through the barrel.. I noticed the constriction was almost gone.
I sent another 12 rounds through and again pushed a slug through it.
This time I was rewarded , as I pushed the slug in from the muzzle it was tight and 2" into the 7.5" barrel the slug got real easy to push in.
I could now push the slug in with a piece of rubber tubing and all the way out towards the cylinder.. I then pushed the slug through from the forcing cone side , 2" before the end of the barrel it got snug and I could no longer push it with the rubber hose (vacuum tubing ).
Looking into the barrel it is super shiny no scratches.
Now I need to load some real ammo and see if it still shoots big groups or smaller groups.
The powder puff load was standard primers with .25cc of 231 powder.
1/2 of a Lee .5cc scoop.
The soft lead bullets were laying in some grinding compound I smeared on a steel table and then I took another piece of steel and rolled with pressure across the bullets to imbed the grinding mixture into the soft lead.
I then loaded these into a NON sized already fired case with powder and primer.. I seated them with my fingers and tapped them to length with a hammer.. very light tapping.. You could push them in if you pressed hard enough but I found that sent the bullet too deep too fast.
Guess I need to go out tomorrow and shoot it.
I have tried 3 powders and 3 different bullets and none of them shot good groups.
Maybe I won't be a sad Ruger owner
finished very poorly. The worst was the barrel had a tight spot where the barrel screwed into the frame.
I tried to fire lap with wheel weight lead bullets.
No dice the constriction was not improved at all. Bullets too hard to allow the compound to imbed into them.
So I made some pure soft lead bullets and took some fine lapping compound. http://www.amazon.com/Versachem-13209-Metal-Grinding-Compound/dp/B00C3Z9EX4
And mixed that with some 320 grit sandpaper that I torched and turned into a pile of ashes.. Theory being that you will have a pile of 320 grit when finished.
I fired 12 powder puff rounds through the gun and cleaned it.. there was zero leading.
Then pushed a soft lead slug through the barrel.. I noticed the constriction was almost gone.
I sent another 12 rounds through and again pushed a slug through it.
This time I was rewarded , as I pushed the slug in from the muzzle it was tight and 2" into the 7.5" barrel the slug got real easy to push in.
I could now push the slug in with a piece of rubber tubing and all the way out towards the cylinder.. I then pushed the slug through from the forcing cone side , 2" before the end of the barrel it got snug and I could no longer push it with the rubber hose (vacuum tubing ).
Looking into the barrel it is super shiny no scratches.
Now I need to load some real ammo and see if it still shoots big groups or smaller groups.
The powder puff load was standard primers with .25cc of 231 powder.
1/2 of a Lee .5cc scoop.
The soft lead bullets were laying in some grinding compound I smeared on a steel table and then I took another piece of steel and rolled with pressure across the bullets to imbed the grinding mixture into the soft lead.
I then loaded these into a NON sized already fired case with powder and primer.. I seated them with my fingers and tapped them to length with a hammer.. very light tapping.. You could push them in if you pressed hard enough but I found that sent the bullet too deep too fast.
Guess I need to go out tomorrow and shoot it.
I have tried 3 powders and 3 different bullets and none of them shot good groups.
Maybe I won't be a sad Ruger owner
