This is just a rambling post. I have a Remington Hepburn I need to do something with. I bought it about a year ago. It's a pretty nice gun but the bore is large with some pitting. I don't want to breech seat for this rifle.
This thread is just for kicking around some ideas. I have a CPA Schuetzen on order so it will need to be paid before I tackle this project. The gun is currently chambered in 32/40.
I have a lot of single shots and this gun will fill be a offhand range rifle so the big cartridges are out. In not wanting to hotrod the old girl. I'm looking for some low pressure lead bullet loads. I may choose a cartridge and never load full power loads.
45LC - I thought of this because I'm always loading down my 45/70 Hepburn. Pros are Case capacity,ease of progressive loading. Cons are Lead consumption and low BC bullets for 200yd. Still would be fun
38-55. I have a 38-55 C.Sharps Highwall and love the caliber. If I chose this it could be simply re-bored. I would like a little faster twist around 18 for light bullets in the 235gr range. Not as easy to reload as the 45LC but better 200yd performance.
35/30-30 - I'm really liking this option. It would be an easy rebore. 200yd performance would be very good.
32/40 or 30/30 - these two would be very close. If I chose a 30-30 It would be a custom reamer throated for 311299 bullet.
Part of me just wants something easy in a pistol caliber that's easy to reload. Not sure which I would choose 32S&W long to 45LC.