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Thread: .357-44 Bain and Davis Handi-Rifle?

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    Boolit Buddy pkie44's Avatar
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    Old thread, here goes anyway. Brass is easy to form, in a rifle the short neck makes little difference, load long.
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    Jason, that looks like it should work pretty well! I bet I could form and load those with the B&D dies. Got to find another barrel for the Contender now!
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    You know, As I was playing around with ideas since my last post, I remembered that 45 WinMag was made from 30-06 and 308 brass cutdown below the neck. Probably wouldn't be hard to neck that short case to fit 35 caliber bullets to make a 357-45Winmag which would feed and run out of a Mauser magazine with ease... I foresee a trip to the garage while the wife is away to build a dummy case...
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    i make mine with a 35 whelen die set cut down. sizing and seater die are cut off at the difference between the whelen and 445 sm case.

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    well. Necro posting again.
    I've got a 357-44 B&D finish reamer coming in the mail. For the price I got it for on Ebay, it was cheaper than renting a reamer. Hopefully I don't need to send it in to PT&G for resharpening once it gets here.

    I'll look at getting a set of C&H Dies for this cartridge next week for an early Christmas present.

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    why not go all the way to .358JDJ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by nockhunter View Post
    why not go all the way to .358JDJ?

    Mike
    For me Mike, I have to limit my recoil due to some neck surgery I had a few years back. downloading that JDJ cartridge to recoil levels I can handle really isn't worth going past the 357-44B&D levels in a light single-shot gun.

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    Getting into the 357 AutoMag cartridge area.
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    For those that care, Bain & Davis is no more. The last owner sold it and it is now Oscar's. Ihave bought things from them at their 3 different locations. There last move was the result of aRICH chinese investor wanting to build a hotel. Hope they do well.

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    I have three rifles in Maximum. First choice.

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
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