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<blockquote data-quote="madokie" data-source="post: 3731120" data-attributes="member: 3462"><p>shooting a few specials (38 or 44)through a Magnum,(38 or 44)is ok but as some have said just reload your Magnum cases down to a special level..now if you want to shoot a lot of specials (38 or 44)through a revolver then get one in special,(38 or 44),, i read old gun books and a story goes of a young hunter bought a .357 Python 8 3/8 off a old man who shot it a lot in competion,he used .38 special cases,, well the new owner went deer hunting with Magnum ammo, bagged a deer with 2 quick shots,, went to unload Python and the 2 fired cases refused to leave the cylinder, took a gun smith to remove said cases,,gunsmith looks in cylinder ,,cleans and lightly hones cylinder out,,and then tells the new owner he now owns a .38 special Python,,the old man fired WAY TOO many special cases through the Python and it flamed cut the cylinder just like the .357 magnum ammo did,, but at 1/10 an inch longer ,because the special case is 1/10 inch shorter than the Magnum case,when the new owner fired Magnum ammo bagging a deer,the magnum cases expanded in to that 1/10 inch area of the cylinder that was flamed cut by all those special cases fired by the old man,,,the 2 fired magnum cases would not contract enough to be removed after firing, so,,,,just use this as an excuse to get a revolver in .38 or 44 Special,,,,or to get into reloading so you can down load your Magnum cases to special level..</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="madokie, post: 3731120, member: 3462"] shooting a few specials (38 or 44)through a Magnum,(38 or 44)is ok but as some have said just reload your Magnum cases down to a special level..now if you want to shoot a lot of specials (38 or 44)through a revolver then get one in special,(38 or 44),, i read old gun books and a story goes of a young hunter bought a .357 Python 8 3/8 off a old man who shot it a lot in competion,he used .38 special cases,, well the new owner went deer hunting with Magnum ammo, bagged a deer with 2 quick shots,, went to unload Python and the 2 fired cases refused to leave the cylinder, took a gun smith to remove said cases,,gunsmith looks in cylinder ,,cleans and lightly hones cylinder out,,and then tells the new owner he now owns a .38 special Python,,the old man fired WAY TOO many special cases through the Python and it flamed cut the cylinder just like the .357 magnum ammo did,, but at 1/10 an inch longer ,because the special case is 1/10 inch shorter than the Magnum case,when the new owner fired Magnum ammo bagging a deer,the magnum cases expanded in to that 1/10 inch area of the cylinder that was flamed cut by all those special cases fired by the old man,,,the 2 fired magnum cases would not contract enough to be removed after firing, so,,,,just use this as an excuse to get a revolver in .38 or 44 Special,,,,or to get into reloading so you can down load your Magnum cases to special level.. [/QUOTE]
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