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Has anyone had a revolver �Taylor Throated�? This is where about a 1 or 2 caliber freebore is put into the forcing cone. What were your experiences? Good, bad, not worth the trouble? I�ve read some good things on it. But I was wondering why, if it causes such a great accuracy improvement, it is not mentioned more often.<P>Also, has anyone had any dealings with Alpha Precision? <A HREF="http://www.alphaprecisioninc.com" TARGET=_blank>www.alphaprecisioninc.com</A> <BR>They offer the Taylor throating and cylinder throat sizing for a fairly reasonable price. At least I think it is reasonable, there doesn�t seem to be many other companies offering this service.<P>I have a new Ruger Bisley with tight throats and the usual constriction where the barrel meets the frame. I�ve fire lapped about 6 Ruger revolvers with LBT lapping compound and sanded the throats out with varying results. Some great, some indifferent, and I ruined a nice .357 when I was first trying this. So, I figured instead of applying my usual shade tree gunsmithing to this nice Bisley I might send it off to a professional, but wanted to check around before spending my hard earned cash.

Jim,<P>I did my own taylor throat on my sbh, but I can't be positive of the results, as I'd developed a flinch that was the cause of my inacuracy. It certainly didn't seem to hurt, and I was able to push 320's 1250 fps from a 4 5/8" barrel. <P>As far as Alpha Precision, I haven't heard anything bad about their work, certainly appears that they know what they are doing.<P>Now the burning question, have you shot the new bisley yet, or just measured it? I wished I shot more and measured less, as many guns that measure less then ideal, shoot like a house a fire. As far as tight throats, unless they are at or over bore dia, they shouldn't be a problem. I was a bit dejected to measure the throats on my 480 and find them .4785", but even with bullets that come out as cast .4765", it'll group them right in there.<P>There was a good discussion of throating on the sixgunner campfire, go back a few pages, I started it last week.

��have you shot the new bisley yet, or just measured it?�<P>I had to smile at that, guilty as charged, at least in the past. [img]images/icons/smile.gif" border="0[/img]<P>This time I am shooting it first. Have gotten mixed results, some groups scatter, some are showing great promise. Had a couple where it put 5 all touching but the sixth was two inches away so I tested to see if one chamber is off. Doesn�t appear to be, seems like it was just user error. I have a 4 5/8� Bhawk .45 that handles great but two chambers consistently throw their bullets out of the group. Can get four touching or right close together, then invariably two out a ways at 5 o�clock to the main group. Arrgghhh!!!<P>Anyway, will put about 200-300 jacketed slugs through the bore to smooth things out before doing anything else, then try different sized cast bullets, different styles, etc.<P>Ya know, now that I think about it, maybe I�ll send that 4 5/8� gun to Alpha to try Taylor throating it and see what happens. If it doesn�t work, no problemo as I was going to sell it anyway. <P>P.S. I found the discussion you were talking about (I think) at sixgunner.com, but it is really hard to follow the threads the way they are arranged.