Hello Lads,
Well I fell in love with the 38-55 a few years back, I have the Marlin Cowboy 24" barrel and I restored a 1946 Winchester 94 and found the last 38-55 Badger barrel on earth it seems, which I had installed on it. It is a 26" octagon and is a real tack driver.
They both shoot the Laser cast 240 grain RNFP in .380 diameter best, and are both tack drivers with this bullet out to 100 yards. The twist on both should support bullets up to 300 grains, as the badger is a 1 in 15 twist with nice deep rifling
I am looking for a 265 to 280 grain flat nose bullet as I would like to try some long range shooting with these rifles, and feel the heavier bullet might buck the wind better than the 240 I am using now. I would also like to shoot both black and smokeless. I am using the long style brass from Starline which helps a lot with bullet length
I bought and sold off two Lyman 375 molds as they would not drop anything over .277, and I figure three won't be a charm I see Accurate has a number of .380 bullets in their line so I thought I would ask if anyone has experience with these or another makers mold that drops a heavier and accurate bullet.
This is mostly paper punching, but I would love to fill a mule deer or black bear tag. I can also hollow point it with my forster tool, as I have had good luck with it on 30-30 bullets.
Drop a line if you have the time.
Thanks,
Buckshot
Donald Bowman