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    rgibso6

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    I have a Smith and Wesson model 625 and I want to chamfer the cylinders a bit. I got A ballpark estimate from a gunsmith and it costs more than the chamfer kit on Brownells.

    My main concern is chamfering too deep. Assuming I can mic it accurately, how deep should I chamfer each chamber in the cylinder? What resources are available for reference with respect to the depth?

    Thank you,
    Ryan
     
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    Are you chamfering the cylinder on the back end, to facilitate loading? In that case a suitable countersink with the desired angle and some cutting oil would be all I would use. You only want to remove a very small amount of material, a hand screwdriver that accepts hex bits and a countersink with a matching hex shaft would be what I would use. No power tools.
     
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    rgibso6 said:
    I have a Smith and Wesson model 625 and I want to chamfer the cylinders a bit. I got A ballpark estimate from a gunsmith and it costs more than the chamfer kit on Brownells.

    My main concern is chamfering too deep. Assuming I can mic it accurately, how deep should I chamfer each chamber in the cylinder? What resources are available for reference with respect to the depth?

    Thank you,
    Ryan
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    WHY?
     
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    rgibso6

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    The short answer is to facilitate reloading.

    Reloading with a moon clip or speed loader makes things faster, but the rounds get sometimes get snagged and slow down reloads.

    There's a little rim on a 45ACP round where the bullet seats into the casing. A 45 degree chamfer on the cylinder will decrease the likelihood of that rim snagging.

    I'm after the information so I don't mess anything up.
     
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    jdindadell said:
    Are you chamfering the cylinder on the back end, to facilitate loading? In that case a suitable countersink with the desired angle and some cutting oil would be all I would use. You only want to remove a very small amount of material, a hand screwdriver that accepts hex bits and a countersink with a matching hex shaft would be what I would use. No power tools.
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    Thanks, I'm just now seeing this.
     
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