Anyone make a 40-65 lever?

[andym79]

Hi does anyone make a lever in 40-65 or will I have to use a 45-70 as a donor?

[Nobade]

Not as far as I know. You can get a repro Winchester 1876 in 40-60, http://www.cimarron-firearms.com/repeating-rifles-1/model-1876/centennial-rifle/1876-centennial-rifle-40-60-28-in-ca2502.html (world's heaviest rifle in its weakest caliber?)

But a 40-65 would likely have to be a rebarrel or reline of an existing 45-70.

I have toyed with this idea in the past of building up a 40-65 Marlin 1895CB, but now they're so expensive to buy in the first place it's hard to justify any longer. I think Lyman and others still make the correct bullet moulds, since you won't be using the big heavies like the single shot rifles can use.

-Nobade