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Old 04-26-2017, 11:05 PM
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Originally Posted by Muley Gil View Post
A .45 ACP round should head space on the chamber mouth. It may have been reamed for .45 Colt.
So the cylinder on a 1917 is long enough to be reamed for a 45 Colt and not have the bullet hanging out the front of the cylinder tying things up? Is that a common modification? How would it affect shooting 45ACP rounds? The difference in case length from .898" (acp case length) to 1.285" (45 Colt case length) leaves a nearly .4" gap for the bullet to jump - which seems like a lot to me.

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