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Having gone through the trials of feeding a .379" .38-72, I'd definitely opt for a .375 groove on this one. If you would like a set of Lee .38-55 dies (they work great, just no longer have a .38-55), send me a PM, you are more than welcome to them.

Steve

Steve,

I will be going with .375".

As it were I have a .38-72 but the bullet moulds I have for it will not work in a 38-55 because they are for breech seating.

Thanks for the offer on the Lee dies but I have located a set of dies.

Everything always seems to be an adventure but I think the project is done for now.

I had planed on going with Clearwater Reboring (Delta Gunshop) spent a month trying to get a hold of them by phone and email. Found out the owner was on vacation, in Anchorage. When I did get to talk with him he told me the finished product had to have a .100" at the muzzle. I measured and it would have been .094" so a no go. I know he did several of these for another person so I'm a bit confused.

I then talked with Jesse at J E S http://www.35caliber.com/index.html

I sent my barrel down and he got it on the 15th of August, he mailed it back on the 19th and I got it a few days late. I had him do his three groove rifling and trying that out.

More later.

Yesterday I had a visit from a custom gunmaker from the lower 48. He caught me working on the Winchester lever gun, how embarrassing!

Better that than a bolt rifle

Play nice, when you travel 3,000 miles to Petrov's house it's to play with bolt guns.

Anyway back to the topic at hand, My friend John lent me a Modern Bond 38-55 mould that throws two different weight of bullets 235-190. If you never used a Modern Bond mould, it's one of the better designed moulds. With the help of Joe & Dan I had ammo loaded. John chambered and crowned the rifle and it seem to shoot fine with open sights.

I was having trouble with the loading gate hitting the lefter but fixed that. The rifle was shooting way low and I got a new, lower front so next time I'll see if I can keep them on the target.

One project down, many more to finish.

A Marlin woulda been OK...

...or a Savage.

Well I got a new lower front sight and last time to the range with the 64 I put up three paper plates at fifty-yards.I shot three shots with different loads at each target. Looked at my targets and decided I would never do anything better with the open sights so I played with something else.

I picked up a Lyman mould and have loaded some ammo but have not had any range time.

Sept am rifleman sez cabelas will offer 38-55 94, 22" ostagon,button mag, rifle butt. Reccomends buffalo bore 255 grain factory load at just under 2000 fs. Ouch. Too bad no shotgun style buttstock.