Was just wonderin --- has anyone had any experience with the 357Mag/38 Spl lever action rifles? Lookin at getting one so I can use the same ammo for revolver and rifle.
I've got 2 Marlins and they are probably the most fun all around rifles I've ever owned. Buy in peace.
My brother has a Winchester 1894 in .38/.357, and it is fantastic.
They are fun rifles. Just make sure not to load round nosed ammunition in the tube, but you probably already knew that.
I thought spire points would self detonate the primers in front of them in tube magazines?
This has already been tested, and is more myth than truth. Granted there is recoil, but not enough to set off the cartridge in front or behind.
Yes I do have a Marlin 1894c that seems to love just about anything she's been fed.
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I've pretty much come to the same conclusion,,,, Handloaded some spire style bullets for the 30-30 years ago... but never was brave to load 5 in the tube... but it worked ok with 2. I cannot cite the source from memory... but someone at least once got a blown up magazine
To get enough inertia to strike a primer you would probably have to strike the gun butt on pavement hard.
To get enough inertia to strike a primer you would probably have to strike the gun butt on pavement hard.
With these you don't have to worry about it.
Now if they would just make them in .375 Winchester. Better yet they could just make the bullets and I'll load them.
Now if they would just make them in .375 Winchester. Better yet they could just make the bullets and I'll load them.
I have a Rossi and love the little thing. I load FTX bullets and using rifle specific loads I'm able to get over 2000fps from 16" barrel - just make sure not to mix 'em with handgun ammo.
Which of the readily available (i.e., NOT special-order) lever-actions in .357 would be the best-made / most reliable? I've had a hankering for such a rifle for years, but know little to nothing about the different makes/models.
They don't make lever-actions in 9mm or .45 ACP, do they? Now that would be something I'd want to snag, having a stock of ammo in those calibers.
They don't make lever-actions in 9mm or .45 ACP, do they? Now that would be something I'd want to snag, having a stock of ammo in those calibers.
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