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southfork

So why Green Dot powder? What are the good points of that particular powder in 44 magnum loads for a '92 Rossi? I have recently purchased a Rossi 44 magnum, that's why I ask. I'm trying decide what powder to use when I starting reloading for mine.

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I looked at my notes from when I slugged the barrel a few years ago. I marked it as measuring .408. I haven't cast any bullets yet, so I don't know what they measure. I've heard that with harder alloys, the cast bullets can be a thousandths or so bigger than with softer alloys. Is that true? Anybody...

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The Jamison 40-82 WCF brass arrived from Captech in today's mail. The brass look like a quality piece, but I guess they should look good at $1.75 per piece. I also dug out my bullet mold today.

Thanks for the input on how some of you are successfully loading 40-82 WCF in your 1886s.

southfork

Doesn't sound like very many 1886 Winchesters in 40-82 are shootable, even though it was supposedly the second most popular caliber sold in the Winchester Model 1886. Maybe a lot of them were re-bored and re-chambered in 45-70, do you think? Either that or maybe they are just gathering dust in close...

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Well, Winfever, Captech finally just made a run of new 40-82 WCF brass. I have some coming in the mail. It costs $35 for 20 brass or $ 172 for 100 brass.. Not cheap, but supposed to have 40-82 stamped on it. This should facilitate a lot of reloaders who have the 40-82 in 1886 Winchesters.

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After at least four years of wanting to roll my own 40-82 reloads, I am finally in a position to do so. I've got some new Jamison 40-82 brass coming in the mail, and I have an old Ideal 40-82 reloading tool with an integrated 240 or 260 grain 40 caliber bullet bullet mold. I also have lots of differ...

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I am wondering if Hollow point 44 magnum ammo is a good idea in a 1892 lever action rifle. I see some of this ammo on the shelves at my LGS. It was almost certainly designed for 44 Magnum pistols. If hunting deer with jacketed hollow points in an 1892 clone with a 20+ inch barrel, should one expect ...

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I haven't seen 2400 powder for sale in a Long, Long, Long--- Long, Long time.
I used to load with it in my 44 magnums. Where do you guys find it for sale?

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Thanks for all the suggestions. I think that I will try that Lee mould (DC 379-250-RF), and try to cast some. With the right lead alloy, its sounds like they could drop from the mould between .379 and .380.

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I need to know a source of jacketed flat nose bullets for reloading Winchester 1894 lever action ammo in 38-55 caliber. I would like to find approx 255 grain bullets with the crimping groove in the correct place for those bullets. I'm thinking that the bullets would need to be between .378 and .381....

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Shasta, the Reloader 7 load sure appears accurate. How are its pressures, compared to Black Powder?

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So those are your own black powder loads? Pretty accurate whatever they are.

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I just found a couple of pounds of Unique, so I'm now going to try that in addition to the 2400 powder that I have left from the 1970's. Anybody care to suggest an accurate "Unique" powder recipe for both 200 gr. and 240 gr. lead bullets IN MY NEW Rossi 44 magnum? Yes, I now own it! Thanks...

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That's what I needed to hear. Thanks! I'm going to get the rifle. Years ago I loaded a 44 magnum (1894 Marlin lever) using 2400 powder. I still have some of that left, but finding it today might be more difficult. For those of you who load you lever actions in 44 magnum today, which powders do you h...

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If it is indeed .429, that would be perfect. Anybody got a Rossi already slugged out?

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At a LGS, I'm looking at a new stainless steel Model 92 clone made by Taurus in Brazil and imported by Braztech out of Miami Fl. The 24 inch octagonal stainless barrel is marked "Rossi 44 mag" on top near the receiver. I'm really tempted to buy this one, as the lever and action cycle reall...

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Lots of .22 LR ammo on the shelves at Cabelas in my town. Only hitch is they want $4.99 for a 50 round box --- which is 10 cents a round --- and that equates to $50 per a brick.

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I also have an original Winchester 1886 in 40-82. It is a caliber I plan to reload for just as soon as "Captech International" (formerly Jamison) does a run of new 40-82 brass. They told me that they expect do get a run of the brass completed by late Summer 2015. I wouldn't think they woul...

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I am wondering how deep the riflings are on your SRC. I have a 1898 vintage model 94 rifle in 32-40, and the riflings are fairly shallow. I don't know whether it was manufactured that way, or if it has just been shot a lot and worn the riflings down. Since your SRC is so new looking, could you look ...

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So, is it OK to put penetrating oil on the threads of a gummed up variable scope, then?
Or, does that penetrating oil just get inside the scope and cause more problems? If its a hardened plastic O-ring causing the stiffness, then the penetrating oil might not help anyway.

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I went to a couple of LGSs today and checked out some used bolt action hunting rifles (30-06 and 7MM Mag) with variable scopes. I was very surprised to find that half of them were hard to turn from the 3X to the 9X, and back again. It took a firm grip on the optic and some muscle to vary the magnifi...

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When you guys talk about 38-55 bullets sized to .377, I wonder why so small in diameter??? My original Winchester Model 1894 carbine in that caliber is an early one with an excellent bore, and it slugs out at .381 or .382. What the heck?

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Well, finding 22 Long rifle ammo is really a PITA! I've about decided that I'm going to start reloading 25-20 WCF and cast my own bullets. I thought I had a set of dies for 25-20 WCF, but I guess it was 32-20 instead. If anyone has 25-20 dies they want to sell, let me know. I could trade a set of RC...

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What kind of expansion should one expect out of a snubby with the Hornady 110 grain Critical Defense loads? They were designed for full and easy expansion, right? If so, maybe they won't penetrate very far, especially if they must pass through heavy clothing. What do you think?

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On the old Marbles tang sights, you have to have a threaded-in aperture to screw in the "Lollipop". I learned that the hard way when buying an original Marbles sight online that was described as in "excellent original condition." Anybody have an extra screw-in aperture for an ori...

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I'm really surprised by how little reloading experience there seems to be out there with this 1886 Winchester cartridge! The 1886 was/is a very strong lever action rifle, and I understand that many, many of them were made in 40-82 WCF. Maybe not as many as were chambered in 45-70 or maybe not even 4...

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I dunno. Hopefully somebody has worked thru all of the potential smokeless recipes and found a pretty much fail safe load that's accurate and got a decent level of knock-down power in the range of the original black powder loads. I talked to a guy a while back who has reloaded the 40-82 with black p...

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I recently asked the Jamison Brass company (now named something else like Captech) about their planned production of 40-82 WCF Brass. They intend to have that in production within the next few months. When this brass is finally readily available, maybe we can get more of the many Winchester 1886 lev...

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Pillar, those Rossi 92's in 480 Ruger aren't easy to find are they? I don't think that they made too many of them. Have you done any big game hunting with yours? Any success?

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Glad to hear that! I'' keep paying off my new Rossi then. It's the heavier-barreled rifle variant (not a carbine) that I've not seen on LGS racks before. Should be perfect for knocking around in the woods and self defense as well.

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I just put money down on a Rossi Braztech stainless steel Model 92 clone in 44 Remington Magnum. Now a week later, I read in the 45 Colt- bashing thread that for a certain brand of revolvers, many of them are milled out of spec, supposedly as some Rossi 44 Magnums are. What the heck? Was that a resp...

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I appreciate all the great discussion. I've also acquired about three or four hundred lubed 170 grain cast GC bullets in .322 that I'm anxious to try out when reloading the 1893 Marlin. From the discussion above, I'll try to keep pressures under 20,000, using either IMR 4895 or the 5744 powders. I d...

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More great input. Thanks, guys. I'll cut one apart to see if they are "balloon head" or not. If they are not, I'll load them probably.

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So far about 45 guys have looked at this thread of mine and no response as to a reproduction WRA head stamp brass maker out there.

So, maybe the "WRA 45-70 Govt" brass that I got are originals, then?

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Just to clarify something: this 1893 Marlin is not the "Black Powder" model. It was made for smokeless powder. Didn't the model designation of these Marlin rifles evolve something like this: 1893 > 93 > 36 > 336 ? And I thought that the 1895 is basically the 336 design too. So were the ear...

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When I bought my early 1893 Marlin rifle years ago, I also got some 32-40 ammo that the seller had reloaded. I noticed that he recorded on the box that his reloads used 170 gr Spear jacketed bullets, 4895 powder and clocked at 1700 FPS. I was wondering if It is safe to reload the 170 grain jacketed ...

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While I missed out on the Starline 45-70 Brass that was available at Midway a few days ago, today at a small local shop specializing in guns and ammo, I found what I think is some REALLY scarce 45-70 Brass. I got two boxes (20 count each) of 45-70 Brass with the following heads stamp: "WRA 45-7...

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While I was at the local gun store last week, a sales rep from Uberti delivered some of their newest 1873 Winchester clones, and some were chambered in 44 magnum! I couldn't believe it! For my original, vintage Winchester 1873 in 44 WCF, I'm always being told to fire nothing but black powder loads i...

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Why not watch for one of the model 1895 Winchesters in 303 British? It seems that virtually every 303 British levergun that Winchester made was shipped either to Canada or the UK, so they are far more common there than here. As you probably know, the 303 British has a LOT of stopping power. But I'm ...

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Sounds like a prevalent opinion is that the Browning '86 is hard to beat. What would a probable asking price be for a Browning SRC in 45-70, if you can find one in about 95% or above condition?

southfork

OK, thanks Guys for the input. I'll let you know what they say about discounting it. Too bad that the prices went up in December. They probably bought it before then, but any discount will probably be about to their pre-December price.

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We live within a half mile of forested land in southeast Idaho and there's a large area of native cottonwood trees across the road from our house. We saw a large Grey Wolf running from in our yard a few months ago. Our pets have been terrified lately, always wanting to sleep in the House or closed g...

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I have been looking for an inexpensive (?) 44 magnum lever action rifle for a while. Saw one at the local Retailer yesterday brand new for about $550.00. That is more than I wanted to pay for a new Rossi. However, when looking closely at the rifle, I noticed a 1 1/2 inch crack at the bottom front of...

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About 8 or 10 years ago I bought a model 1895 levergun in 405 Winchester. It is a take-down model, new in the box. It has two tapped screw holes up on the the left side of the receiver for where a peep sight is apparently supposed to go if the owner so chooses. However, none of the paper instruction...

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Would pure lead be too soft? I've got a 50 Lb billet of that. I had planned on casting wheel weight lead, but based on your suggestions I'll go with softer lead.

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I like the idea of a cast lead .458 hollow point Gould bullet in a 45-60 or a 45-70 hunting round, BUT the 330 grain Gould bullet appears to have the crimping groove too far down the bullet. For lever actions like the 1876 and 1886, with their tubular magazines, a good crimp is needed, and I am spec...

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I use my Winchester 53 32-20 on coyotes and my win 1892 rifle 25-20 on turkey. My choice if I could only have one is the 32-20 because you can have a matching revolver. RR7 If you're to shoot a turkey with a 25-20, do you aim for the head (and thus not ruin any meat), or where? Head shots on turkey...

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Thanks leverluver and jorgy!

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I tired to find the Red River Bullet source for those gas-checked 280 grain cast bullets that Jorgy uses, but I am having no luck on line finding either the company or the bullets. Is Red River Bullets still in business? If so, How does one contact them to order their bullets? Jorgy? Anybody?

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Appreciate your input. I forgot to mention that my 1886 has a liner in the barrel and has never been fired since it had the liner put in a few years ago. I'll need to slug the bore to see what size it is. I stumbled across an article yesterday in an older "Rifle" magazine, wherein the writ...

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