Hey folks!
Hoping some revolver Jedi can answer a couple questions, or at least put my mind at ease.
Been shooting and enjoying my new production King Cobra target, but there are a couple quirks I'm curious about.
This is only my second revolver. First is an older GP100 my Grandfather gifted to me many moons ago. It's also chambered in 38/357, and its seen a few thousand easy rounds. No drama. Trigger pull = bang every time.
Some of my handloads for 357 mag use small rifle primers, as I use H110 powder and books suggest either a magnum or small rifle primers to ignite all that ball powder goodness. The Colt will NOT ignite the SRP in double action.. single action it will, not not double. I've only tried one box of factory 357 mag ammo through it (Rem 125gr FP) and I believe I shot most of it in single action, so I'm not sure if this problem Carrie's over to factory ammo, or once primers are available again if small pistol magnum primers will work fine (softer cup maybe?)
Also regarding "timing". The thing literally makes the final rotation of the cylinder the very last millisecond before the hammer strikes the chamber... so last second that it makes me nervous. Again, I'm a noob regarding wheel guns, but it seems that my GP100 makes the "rotation" from cylinder to barrel alignment sooner in the double action trigger pull. No Mark's on the forcing cone or indication that anything is wrong, just makes me nervous is all.
Lastly, I shoot alot. Live in the sticks and handload quite a bit. I read during reviews and hear reviewers state "I wouldn't feed it (Colt King Cobra Target) a steady diet of 357 mag". What kind of shit is this?! If my 357 mag "target" revolver cant take a steady diet of 357 mag, I have absolutely no use for it. My old Delta Elite has thousands of 10mm man-loads through it and swallows it all like a hungry whore. A mid-size revolver shouldn't quiver at 357 mag loads..
Sorry for the wall, just looking for advice/ reassurance.