Ruger Single Six question

[oremike]

All this chat about Rugers and projects has me wondering if my Single Six Bisley in 32 H&R can be safely re-chambered to 327 Federal? I see Ruger makes the same gun in a seven shooter. Mines got the not fluted six shot cylinder so presumably should be plenty strong enough?

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[Certaindeaf]

All this chat about Rugers and projects has me wondering if my Single Six Bisley in 32 H&R can be safely re-chambered to 327 Federal? I see Ruger makes the same gun in a seven shooter. Mines got the not fluted six shot cylinder so presumably should be plenty strong enough?

The .327 operates at 10,000 more psi than the .357 and about 25,000 psi more than the H&R so probably not.

 

[srxfan]

those are some spicy numbers!

 

[billdeserthills]

Hamilton Bowen can convert your Single-Six to .327

http://bowenclassicarms.com/news/articles/Purty_Popguns.pdf