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Originally Posted by dwever
I would like a 9mm carry revolver if not just for another way to tap my 9mm ammo stock.
ARE THERE ANY REASONS I WOULD NOT WANT TO DO THIS from any perspective...?
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Yes, and I have several 627s and shoot loads in 38 special brass
trimmed to .900", .38 super length, at times...
The usual .355 9mm bullets won't give good accuracy with the (relatively) large chamber throats and barrel of the 627.
Accuracy will be an issue with the short round. There's a reason folks shooting 38 shorts in these guns use long 170ish gr bullets. It seems it's to get the bullet into the throat and keep the expanding gases as much as possible from flowing around the bullet and out the throat before the bullet gets to the (chamber) throat to seal it. Or it's purely an issue of the bullet being in never never land, neither in the case or the throat before entering the throat that's a problem (or maybe both) but accuracy has sure been an issue for me.
Even with 158 gr RN jacketed bullets in my .900" brass accuracy is iffy. Those same loaded rounds in my 14-7 (actually chambered for 38 special) have great accuracy. .38 specials in my 627s shoot fine. I see the same thing in my 686, 38 specials are fine, the "shorter" rds aren't. The "bullet jump" to the throat with short rds in the 357 mag chambers seems to be the issue.
Others may have different views on this (and I'd love to hear them) but small diameter bullets in big holes isn't good and there does seem to be a point where you can have too much "bullet jump".
So while you can do the mod, you might not like what you end up with...
Just my 2 cents after playing with short rds in my 627s.