Roger Nelson wrote to Roy Witt:

 RN> On Sat Mar-30-2013 09:26, Roy Witt (1:387/22) wrote to Roger Nelson:

 RN>> I priced a barrel for my 1911A1 Colt .45 a short while ago and it's
 RN>> $180! I was looking for an extra barrel without groves so I can fire
 RN>> my shotgun loads with it.

 RW>> It'd have to be chambered for a 3"er...that means about 3 3/8"
 RW>> chamber size, then smooth bore for the rest of the barrel. Or are
 RW>> you thinking of a 'special' shot shell? Next would be the 'rim' on
 RW>> the shot shell. Not exactly 45 clip friendly.

 RN> The rounds I have are Colt .45 Auto casings, but instead of a 230
 RN> grain FMJ slug, have what you'd call snake shot.  That would ruined a
 RN> groved barrel if too many rounds were fired through it.

I don't think a PTFC (teflon) case of snakeshot will do any more harm to
the barrel than your copper jacketed FMJs...

 RW>> Why not just buy some snake shot ammo for it?

 RW>> I know its a Taurus, but they already sell a revolver chambered
 RW>> (The Judge) for what you're asking a .45 to do.

 RN> Taurus maufactured a Colt SAA look-alike I was interested in, but no
 RN> one seems to have them in stock with a 7" barrel.  It wasn't a Colt,
 RN> so I didn't strian myself loooking.

There are better quality SAAs on the market than Taurus' model...Uberti is
a better known leader in the SAA market.

         R\%/itt


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