Bearing in mind that anything above, say, a .308 is gonna hurt, I’d probably go with a 30/30.
Bearing in mind that anything above, say, a .308 is gonna hurt, I’d probably go with a 30/30.
"Experience is a series of non-fatal mistakes"
Disarming is a mistake free people only get to make once...
do something interesting and rare like the .38-72 WCF
My choice would be 30 badger.
http://castboolits.gunloads.com/show...adger-30-Reece
“You don’t practice until you get it right. You practice until you can’t get it wrong.” Jason Elam, All-Pro kicker, Denver Broncos
1. .32-40
2. 7x57R
3. .32-20
44-40 is fun. So is 38-55.
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6.5X55: enough for most occasions & gentle on the shoulder.
25-20 wcf. It's hard to find a good single shot in this caliber and brass is easy to make from 32-20's. Just did 200 of them. Got a Stevens 44 and a Savage Sporter. It's addictive.
I just got a new copy of Cartridge Conversions for Father's Day. Since I'm going for ultimate Ohio deer gun based on trajectory only the 405win is at the top of the pile of straight wall cartridges. I don't care about bullets any bullet of 38cal and bigger is more than enought for a deer, basing that at 150gr minimum. Having said that I'm going to scope out what may be better in wildcats. Also what's the specs on some European cartridges. I'm
pretty sure the 38 or 40 cal is where the most velocity is possible and still maintain accuracy. A cartridge such as 405 can be pushed in a modern rifle past operating pressure of 45000 which is 1895 Win pressures. I don't want something that is a problem to get brass but I don't need hundreds for a hunting rifle.
In one of Paul Matthews' books he discusses loading a 45-70 as a 45-110.
What he did was muzzle load the powder and the soft alloy paper patched boolit.
So as a something to ponder while deciding upon a caliber, rifling geometry, twist...
A 45 Colt chambering with a barrel long enough to make the No.3 feel good for off hand shooting might also make an excellent .45 caliber black powder rifle. Same for .41 Mag, .44 Mag or .460S&W.
Have to go with suggesting a 38/55 for a big bore, 30/30 for medium and 25/35 for light work. Lots of fun and many choices.
Enjoy.
I'll throw in another for 303 British. Fine cartridge, lots of brass and bullets, and boolits. If going 308 barrel I would go with the Krag case, longer neck. JW
310 Cadet, don't want to overwhelm the action strength.
I have converted two #3 in 45-70. a 25-20 and a 17 khornet. you only need to shoot a 45-70 in #3 once to know why most have been shot very little. one the hornet got #1 wood.
oh, previous post mentioned a 25-35 I have one that was rebored from a 22 hornet. I purchased it that way.
So OP, what did you go with?
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Andym ... I have recently discovered yet another use for the 223 rem chamber.
I had a #3 a hundred years ago so chambered and enjoyed it immensely. Had to have a mini so it got traded.
Recently I loaded 223 cases with red tipped Hornaday 50 grain jacketed with 4.1 grains of Trailboss sparked with a CCI small rifle prime ... this is so much fun ... like a reloadable 22 mag. Low noise and NO recoil. Extremely accurate.
So I would go with a factory original 223 rem.
As I said before I would go 25-20 WCF. In fact I will put my money where my mouth is. I just bought a Ruger#3 in .22 Hornet on Gunbroker. Still waiting to receive it. Unless it turns out to be a great shooter I will send it to Oregunsmithing in Pendleton to be bored out to 25-20. I can choose my twist rate so I think I will go with 1-12 to better stabilize 85 to 90 grain bullets at low velocity. Most likely the closest I will come to a custom rifle.
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 |
C | Compressed Charge | PR | Primer | SPCL | Soft Point "Core-Lokt" |
HP | Hollow Point | PSPCL | Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" | C.O.L. | Cartridge Overall Length |
PSP | Pointed Soft Point | Spz | Spitzer Point | SBT | Spitzer Boat Tail |
LRN | Lead Round Nose | LWC | Lead Wad Cutter | LSWC | Lead Semi Wad Cutter |
GC | Gas Check |