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What caliber is your double rifle?
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What caliber is your double rifle? It was originally .360 BPE, but when relined the caliber was changed to .38-55 Ballard. More shootable, and easier to get brass, but not original anymore.
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Vall,
Can you see the liner? Do you know for sure it is lined? I ask this because 38-55 original length cases were often used for 9.3x57R/360 BPE.They were 1/8" short,but worked fine by seating the bullet "out". My thought was if a previous owner used 38-55 cases and some stayed with the rifle, a later owner may have just assumed it had been changed.Of course, as I often am, I could be wrong.
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Yes, I can see the liners. The seller was the person who had it relined, so he also told me it was relined, and chambered to .38-55 Ballard too. It certainly didn't bother me that it was relined, or changed, as I bought it to use. Having it be in .38-55 was more attractive to me, as I plan on taking it deer hunting this fall. It's just begging me to get out in the woods and drop a decent mule deer!
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Vall,
The disadvantage of lining to a different caliber is being able to find a load that "regulates", or shoots both barrels to a similar point of contact.In my uneducated opinion, the two cartridges are similar enough that the barrel convergence already built into the rifle may allow finding a load for the 38-55,that will "regulate".
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Yes, I was given the load data for the new barrel liners and caliber, and the impact measurements for various distances with these loads. Just need to double check the loads at the range, and make up some of my own to see how they compare to my favorite .38-55 loads for my Ballards.
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Vall,
It promises to be a lot of fun for you, regardless of how it turns out.
Mike
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Looks like it will be a lot of fun and kudos on your pragmatism!
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Thanks! We didn't get our elk draw this year, but I wouldn't have used it for elk anyway. I've taken a few mule deer with .38-55 in my other old guns, and was lucky to get the draw we put in for buck deer. Hopefully I'll get a shot at a buck with this oldtimer. Wont be able to do any load workup until mid August, as I'm recovering from a hernia surgery, and can't load or shoot for another 5 weeks. But still have plenty of time after that before the season opens!
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Last edited by Brian; 07/22/15 05:08 PM.
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