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french 11 mm service revolver
pajtas
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does anyone know where to look for a set of reloading dies
for the french 1873 11 mm service revolver? mucho thanks Pajtas
joseph keresztessy
for the french 1873 11 mm service revolver? mucho thanks Pajtas
joseph keresztessy
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I can't say anything about them I don't reload but just did a google search and they came up
http://www.springfieldminutemen.com/dies.html
this one to but there price is about double. Not sure if these are helpful or not if they dont' work will delete reply
http://www.midwayusa.com/
This site has them and a guy I met on another board said they are good and the stuff I ordered arrived when they said it would havent' seen it yet went to someone elses place at the moment since I don't like to get packages where I am now. And moving soon.
If RCBS (http://huntingtons.com/) doesn't have it, they will make it. These exotic caliber tools are never cheap, however, and according to my references, you can cobble together loads using .44 Special tooling using .44 Mag or Spl cases cut to length and turning the rims down to .491" . . . my references say this will shoot .429" bullets, but I cannot emphasize strongly enough that you *must* have the weapon checked carefully by a competent smith to be sure it is *safe* to shoot, which would include slugging the bore to verify that data!!!!!! I would definitely stick to well lubricated lead bullets, and relatively soft ones at that. This is a black powder round - either use BP or **VERY** light smokeless loads. One of my references suggests 3.0 grains of Bullseye, but IMHO that seems to be on the hot side for this antiquity.