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February 16, 2016
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pete_1 said
Can you date my 7445 ??
SN 445S0010xx. SM only made by Palmer ??
There were only three samples in the Registry;
IHMSA267 1989
IHMSA-273 1992
Z0046x 2002
... not much help I'm afraid.
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February 1, 2016
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Prob. 2000's then looks like?
Did Monson make a 7445 or 445 SM?
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February 16, 2016
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Palmer manufacturing was operational from 1983 to 1995.
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I have both a blue and a stainless Monson 445 but all the large frame Monson guns as well as the supermags of that era were in fact produced at the Palmer plant. I think it was Eric Wesson who made us aware of that interesting fact.
The Power Control barrel had a ring of holes at the muzzle end that allowed combustion debris and jacket shavings to get in between the shroud and barrel. I've never seen a SM with that configuration, it was mainly a 44 mag item that DW soon realized didn't work too well and discontinued it. It was replaced with the compensated shroud and that idea did prove very functional. I don't think you will have any undue shroud maint. to do on that SM.
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Stinger said
Palmer manufacturing was operational from 1983 to 1995.
your pistol is a mid 90' production, and the barrel is not a "power control" ported one ( those were old early '80's models, .44 mag only), no worry, it is a standard normal barrel.. the S/M's were never supplied with "ported" shroud/bbl's, the Gen 2 versions were supplied with a longer shroud, that had slots on top, and were considered as "comp" shrouds...
no issue with messing with it. you really don't need to pull it off for cleaning or maintenance, just make sure you have a .002" feeler gage, and it should fit between the barrel and cylinder, and pull out with a slightly grippy feel.
I set the gap prior to bringing it to you. I'll dig thru stuff, and try to find an extra wrench, and shim for ya. Along with the box...doh.
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That would be awesome. But you know when I get a wrench
will make me want another barrel!!!!!
I know a guy that could make a cool shroud 
I think you know him too
hummm
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Oh and thanks for schooling me on porting. And year , y'all.
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February 1, 2016
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Blackdog .445 ammo to be here Friday !!!
found starline brass .445 casings 250- $152.00 in stock from factory 
Brass or Gold ???. Good thing is I got lots of 38's & 357'S w/I get started loading.
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Pete you can't go wrong with the Starline brass. Treat it right and you can get several reloads out of it. I bought a boatload of awhile back. It's worth the money.
To the paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers:
if you find one...what's your plan?
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Midway usa has them for a little over 200 for 500 Starline 445's.
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I have a bunch of Starline brass in various calibers and it's very high quality. I have loaded some of my 445's close to 10 times with no issues. I don't run max loads but I do load them pretty hot and the brass has never shown any signs of pressure or fatigue. All brass has gotten expensive lately so $.40 a case isn't all that bad. Not when you consider how much a box of 22lr is these days.
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SCORPIO said
I have a bunch of Starline brass in various calibers and it's very high quality. I have loaded some of my 445's close to 10 times with no issues. I don't run max loads but I do load them pretty hot and the brass has never shown any signs of pressure or fatigue. All brass has gotten expensive lately so $.40 a case isn't all that bad. Not when you consider how much a box of 22lr is these days.
I agree completely.
In addition to my normal loads, I've taken 12 pieces of brass and loaded almost to max using 2400 (I'd have to look up the data) as an experiment. I've run them 5 times now and examined them very closely each time. I don't see any signs of problems.
To the paranoid people who check behind shower curtains for murderers:
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I was just noting midway is cheaper than starline direct ! 
a lot. Just got cc bill, so I better make a payment first, unless your giving out that PIN
BTW nice stack of iron on intro. Could fit 1 more on chair. haha
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