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There are some differences between the BFR and FA83 in 454. Despite being a 'short' cylinder, the BFR's cylinder in 454 is still longer than that of a FA83. The rifling twist is also faster in the BFR and the revolver weighs approx 0.5lb more, making the BFR somewhat more suitable for heavyweight ha...

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We moved from Australia to UK in the early 90's and I had heard it was all too difficult and had resigned myself to 2-3 years without firearms. I stored my fireams at home and didnt even attempt to take them. After settling there I soon found that it really wasnt difficult to join a club and even go...

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Rem pumps in 35 Whelan are quite popular here, particularly as we arent allowed to use semis anymore. They are favoured by hound hunters who may have to make successive shots are moving game. A lot of hunters use factory Rem 250gr CL and these work very well on our large deer (Sambar). Pump gun accu...

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FWIW if Barnes dont come through Woodleigh make their Hydrostatic solids in 375 to suit a 375 Win. Weight is 235gr. These bullets are not expanding bullets, however due to the tip shape perform somewhere in between soft point and solid bullets.

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That sounds very reasonably priced for the UK, maybe too reasonably priced. I'd be looking the rifle over very carefully before laying out any money. When I lived in the UK there was a guy at the Bishop Stortford Rifle Club who had one and he used to use it quite a bit. He also had a beautiful H&...

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According to Nonte's book on cartridge conversions, it can be formed from 9.3X74, but the cases will be quite short as the case length is 3.25". Dimensions: Rim diameter: 0.526 Head diameter: 0.477 Neck diameter: 0.395 Case length: 3.25 No spec given for rim thickness. Quote "Expand neck t...

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Don - you might find this thread helpful.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... 81#p350981

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For the sake of argument lets consider both are on the same platform, say a Miroku made Winchester or Browning 1886/71. With top loads, designed for use in 1895 Marlins, you can find (tested) load data for the 45/70 producing 250gr 2600 fps 300gr 2450 fps 350gr 2200 fps 400gr 2000 fps 400gr cast 210...

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FWIW Hodgdon's site lists 30k pressure loads for 45 LC, but not using 2400. For high performance loads I'd be inclined to use slower burning powders anyway (eg W296, H110, H4227 or Lil'Gun).

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Muskeg13 has done this conversion. Check this thread for his comments. http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=26236 One point however that may save you some grief is to check the lower tang of a B-71. It might just be possible to modify the lower tang from a curved PG style to str...

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A minor issue is that the tube mag length is different, with the 71 being somewhat longer than that fitted to 1886 EL.

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CBE in Australia make a couple of moulds for the 38 S&W. I believe the original bullets were two diameter - with the driving band measuring 0.363 and the diameter from rear of the driving band to the base at 0.357, ie the design is somewhat like a .22 rimfire and 310 Cadet bullet. CBE moulds are...

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There was someone in the US making reproduction bolt mounted aperture sights for B-71's, but I cant find his contact details. He had to make some changes to the original design as the steel used in the Miroku rifles was a lot harder than the original Winchesters (the bolt had to be milled to accept ...

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While both produce similar ballistics, the cases are very different.

The following site has drawings of both cartridges.

http://stevespages.com/page8d.htm

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So what overall length do your rounds end up at. You crimp ahead of the driving band, at the base of the truncated part of the cast bullet? What powder weight range for 250gr cast bullet with your H4350 equivalent powder? Thanks. With the cast pills I actually crimp onto the front drive band and th...

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I know Cast Performance has lead cast 348's, but I am also told they are too long for the chamber throat of the Browning. Browning M71 throats are very short but you can seat most any style bullet using a Lee FCD. I have couple of moulds in this calibre and both designs foul on the rifling if loade...

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While the 444 and 356 cartidges are loaded to the same OAL, a 444 case is approx 0.20" longer than a 356. Bear in mind that the 375 JDJ was designed for a single shot pistol where there is much more flexibility with COAL.

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[quote=That said I am still dreaming of the .375 JDJ built on a Marlin .444S gun...Yes I know that the .375 Win is very close to the .375 JDJ...but the JDJ would just be a fun gun to own...a one of a kind...and still in the specs of what that action was designed for.[/quote] Just be aware that with ...

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I bought a 35 Rem in a 336 to do this conversion, but after playing with it I'm not sure I'll go ahead with the conversion. If you crank up your 35 Rem loads to 40k pressures (factory loads are typically loaded to low 30k) its not really going be all that far away from any sensible load you would us...

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I used to use a 270 a lot for varminting at one stage. I'm a lefty and back in the 70's it was difficult finding any LH bolts in a small calibre, so I made do with the 270. Full power loads do get a bit tiresome if you are doing a lot of varminting, so I started loading down 90gr HP's to provide rou...

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Rusty, you dont mention the sort of power you are looking for and the game Jr intends to hunt. The 270 is great calibre for hunting medium game and is also very flexible. It does produce a bit of muzzle blast, especially with shorter barrels, and this can put newbies off. If you are looking for redu...

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Browning chambers are bad enough and the newest Winchester chambers are even worse. Best thing to do is have a good smith add .50" of free bore to these guns just as Winchester originally did back in the day. It won't hurt accuracy and will enable you to use most any bullet you want with no ex...

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The new Browning / Winchester HiWalls are not quite the same as the originals (no lower tang for starters) but are very nice guns all the same. There are a few variants in case you are interested. The most notable difference are some models (intended for use in BPCR matches) have longer upper tangs,...

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45 cal GC's used to come in one size to fit rifles (458 cals) and pistols (452 cal). Hornady make only one size 45 cal GC but one manufacturer (Gator) makes two, one for 45cal rifles and another for 45 cal pistols - the pistol GC's are made of slightly thinner sheet. The GC shank on all 45 moulds ar...

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Another vote for R-7. I find its accurate across a broad range of velocities and its quite economical. H-4198 is similar in burning rate and performance. You might want to consider using RNFP bullets over SWC styles in your levergun. SWC were designed for handguns and dont feed and cycle well in all...

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Mike - thanks for the info

Danny - thanks for the link.

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For half oct / half round barrels, I'm interested in - location of the transition point - should it be just ahead of the fore-end cap or slightly further along? From what I've seen there seem to be a few variations. - what diameter of the round barrel section, at the transition point and at the muzz...

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Thanks for the tips. FWIW when I said the barrel was poor condition, I really meant that it has no rifling left at all - its really badly chewed up. I might look around for another donor rifle in pistol grip configuration as I would really like to set one up with a pistol grip. 92's are fairly commo...

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A while back I picked up a very tired 92 Winchester in 25/20 with the idea of rebuilding it into a small game rifle. The rifle barrel is in very poor bore condition and at some point was cut at 19", which I assume is not a factory length. The rifle had features I like in a small frame lever: bu...

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Thanks fellas for the info. Seems like there's nothing to really worry about.

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I recently acquired a pre 64 1894 in 30/30 that seemed in good overall condition. Crisp rifling, wood in good condition and would make a perfect cast bullet shooter. I took it out to the range for some testing and all the factory ammo I fired resulted in the primer backing out several thou out of th...

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I have a new repro Win 1895 in 405 Win and very interested to hear what are your favorite jacketed and cast loads for these rifles.

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Its nice to spend time leverguns like that. FWIW I have a CBE mould that is based on the Gould design but I had CBE add more heft and a GC shank. After having mediocre results with the pin supplied I had several smaller HP pins made up and that is now my favorite 45/70 bullet. With the medium size H...

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Its not quite the same thing, but Woodleigh will make small runs of their Hydrostatic solids in different weights as long as they are made when they are making a batch in the same diameter. Minimum run size is only 500 bullets, which makes it possible for a group buy if there is sufficient interest....

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I am looking for specifics. So help me out with specifics. What bullets and loads are you guys runnig through your 375 Winnie?? Using Alliant R-7 and CBE 376300 GC 28gr 1710 fps 29gr 1775 fps 30gr 1850 fps These loads clover leaf at 50mtrs using open sights. In my testing older Hecules R-7 was slig...

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The 375 Win makes a fine cast bullet cartridge and its one of my favorite levergun cartridges. Plenty of good cast designs around for it too from Lyman, RCBS & Saeco. If you want something heavier, CBE in Oz make a 300gr GC mould that was designed for use in the 375 Win. Pretty easy cartridge to...

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B-92's in 44 mag have a twist rate of 1 in 38".

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I think it has to do with the very shallow multi groove rifling they used in the 44. Pistol cals in rifles also have large throats but this is not unique to B-92's in 44 mag but perhaps the combination hasnt helped use with cast bullets. I've found large diameter (circa 0.434), heavyweight pills (ap...

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While the Browning is a well made rifle, most that I have come across in 44 mag dont seem to shoot cast pills particularly well. I've started to make some headway with mine but it has been a struggle to get it shoot reasonably with cast. With jacketed pills mine shoots fine but it is not up to the s...

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Thanks for the additional comments. muskeg13 - it seems quite doable with some minor mods and I was going to rechamber the barrel from 45/70 to 45/90 anyway. Lawyer Daggit - B-71's are not very common in Oz but if I come across another I'll let you know. However I do have a nice Browning 1886 SRC fo...

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eagles wrote:I just signed up for the AR forums ,which one was this on , lever actions , etc ? Thanks

Usually in the Big Bore forum.

Once you are signed in, do a search and I'm sure you'll find several threads on the 70-150. It will save you having to re-invent the wheel.

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He said it will handle any high pressure load with ease that any 12 gauge can . WAY more than then orriginal version as well. My earlier comment was in reference to rifle type pressures. Shotgun level pressures should be fine. Hubel458 on AR should be able to point you in the right direction on bar...

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There was talk of doing this several years ago on the Accurate Reloading forum. IIRC one suggestion for the IAC was to thread a length of 12ga rifled barrel on to the existing barrel and create a "paradox" rifled barrel. Look up on AR a long running thread by "Hubel458" who is in...

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A little story about the Barnes 200 gr 348s... Living in California (lead-free zone) those bullets are like gold for a 71 shooter. I would be very surprised if you found anyone willing to part with them. I am always looking for more and have NEVER since then seen any for sale. I'm surprised that Ba...

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The rim diameter isn't as much of a problem as the case diameter. The .45-90 has a base diameter of .5", but the .348 WCF is .545". Fired .45-90 cases would bulge, if not split in the larger chamber. A wildcat 45/.348 cartridge would be an excellent project. Mike - agree with what you say...

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Thanks for the comments and suggestions. BigSky56 I have quite a few 45 cal moulds and there isnt the range of moulds or FN jacketed bullet offerings suitable for 416 cal leverguns in Oz. You guys have many different options in the US but options here are quite limited. For Oz I think the 45/90 is a...

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Thanks for the replies. Ravenman - thanks for the info and your deluxe model is a nice looking rifle. Mike D - I like your thinking but already have a 50/110 conversion. RF McNJ - I looked at a 450 Ak conversion but the neck is too short and there are too many chamber / die issues for my liking. I l...

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I have a pair of these, a rifle and a recently purchased carbine. The rifle has no "Made in Japan" reference on the barrel, whereas the carbine does. I realise that may not mean much, but were all of them made in Japan ? Also, how many of each model were made ? One is going to become a 45/...

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It does look too good not to have been refinished. There was an original looking M-71 a while back but I thought the price asked was a little high. If you have your heart set on 33 Win you might look into importing one as you could wait forever in Oz and prices tend to be very high when they do turn...

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Before loading too many of them I'd try a couple to see if they chamber properly. In mine I have to size to 0.310 max and any larger results in sticky chambering. Every rifle is different so best to check what works in yours before loading a few hundred of them.

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