The only downside to the Freedom Arms model 97 is that it has a short cylinder length that measures 1.6" and if you try to push some of the heavies out of it, they're too long to fit the cylinder.
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I never could understand this thought.
If you are loading your own, you have the ability to customize the ammo as you need to for your gun.
If your cylinder is 1.6 inches long, load the bullet to 1.55-1.58 inches COAL.
My Taurus is equipped with a short cylinder in 41 mag, as is the single seven in 327.
Okay, well I'll try to clarify my statement. Take for example the 240 Keith SWC from Rimrock bullets I mentioned, if you crimp it in the crimp groove in 41 Magnum brass, it is then too long to fit in the cylinder. Now you CAN crimp over the front driving band, and I have tried that, but I didn't like the results. While it fits that way, it doesn't produce the accuracy I wanted.
The solution was simple, instead of trimming 41 Mag brass down to make it fit, and then try to keep track of it in the future so it didn't get mixed up with the others, I would just use 41 Spl brass with the shorter length and that way it fits and is marked differently. I am ordering some 250 WFN-GC's for it as well and they will most assuredly go into the Special brass to fit into the cylinder.
There's not much of a problem with standard size bullets, just the heavier versions with a longer nose to crimp length.
Perhaps that makes it a little clearer.
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