375 Brass?

[knothead]

I was issued a 375 Big Bore today. What you say...well I volunteer my time to the local PD as a reserve officer. Much of that time each year is instructing and armoring on the range. The property room was cleaned out to get new rifles for the dept, and we were selecting stuff to issue. We carry leverguns here in the cars if you pass the three day school, several guys have them. Three more will have 3030's after I get them cleaned up, gone through and ready for use. As we were finishing the Sgt hands me this lever, says its your new levergun school range rifle. :drinks: Its a beautiful NEW tag still on it Win. I dont know how it ended up there, and for maybe 10 years I'm going to do my best to make it a good range gun. Then maybe they'll let me civilian volunteer after i retire...

Now I need to find brass, a mold and get to work on the gun.

Any one that has brass to sell, a group buy or other fp 200 - 250 gn mold you didnt want anymore, or other 375 stuff please ding or pin me.

Thanks

:castmine:

[garandsrus]

Knothead,

You can fireform .375 Win brass from 30-30 cartridges. The recipe I used was 6 gr Red Dot and a case full of Cream of Wheat. A was of tissue paper at the mouth of the cartridge keeps the Cream of Wheat from getting into the action while loading the shell. Keep the muzzle elevated when you load and fire the shells, one at a time, and you will be all set. The 30-30 cases I used didn't need to be trimmed after being fire formed.

John

[knothead]

WOW, thanks
Ive got alot of that about...We'll be busy at work tomorrow

[LIMPINGJ]

My 375Win is an early one, still top eject and must be chambered with a 38-55 reamer. I have used 38-55 brass as it.

[lar45]

I have taken 30-30 brass and expanded it to 375. The Lee dies have a great expander in them. I think the only other comparible expander is from Hornady.
The 30-30 cases open up fairly easily going to .338, .358, then .375 with just a little lube in the case mouth. I've been useing BullShop's case lube and it seems to work really well for forming cases.
I've done some 30-30 straight to .375 in one pass, but some of the cases split. So it's probably better to do it in a couple of steps. I don't know if it would be needed to anneal the necks afterwards or not?

You should tell them that they should get rid of the 375 for saftey's sake. So someone doesn't accidentally put 30-30 ammo in it. Then you could volunteer to house the unsafe firearm at a different location(your house).

Can you take a pic of the sight mounted on the tang?

I've been thinking of getting a peep sight, but was thinking of something mounted on the back of the bolt to keep the tang/grip area clear.
My 375 is a Win XTR top eject with checkered walnut stock.

[Four Fingers of Death]

Yeah, for safeties sake, you should take it off their hands :-D

I have a mint early top eject with a Lyman peep sight fitted, loverlyyyyyyyy rifle. I got almost 60 odd brass with the rifle and apparently backordered some with a shop interstate. I vaguely remember reading an ad which said they had 375 brass, they told me it was a misprint and only got it in every two years or so and could not get ahold of it between times. Driving along one day, my mobile phone rings and they said I had 200 new cases on the way. Cost me a bit, but now I've got more cases than I can poke a stick at. Good luck with it, great bit of gear. Mick.

[Jon K]

knothead,

Keep an eye on this:

http://castboolits.gunloads.com/showthread.php?t=12403

lar45,

He said tag, buut if you want, I'll post a pic of the Tang Sight on my 94 when I get bac from the Dentist.
BTW, BP Supreme lube/qt size How much.

Jon

[Jon K]

lar45,

Here's sight on the tang, but if you want the grip area clear you want a Williams Reciever Mount Sight.

http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l101/Jon_K_2006/DSC_0003-1.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l101/Jon_K_2006/DSC_0002-1.jpg
http://i94.photobucket.com/albums/l101/Jon_K_2006/DSC_0001-1.jpg

Jon
:coffee:

[carpetman]

JonK--Nice looking rifle. I would warn you that if you leave the slip on pad on all the time it will permanently discolor your wood. Akin to a sun tan line,or a carpet that has a throw rug on top of it,or a water line on a boat that is always in the water.

[Four Fingers of Death]

I don't mind tan lines, but usually prefer them on attractive women :-D

[shooterman]

just ordered 375 brass from graf and son. no indication of a shortage.

[2row]

I ordered some too didn't show a shortage so here hopeing

[lovedogs]

Reworked .30-30 or .38-55 brass is NOT .375 Win. brass. It can be made fit, but it isn't as stout. Many moons ago I had a wildcat built on the .375 brass sized to .35 cal. so I needed some brass. I found some easily enough. Midway, I believe it was. But later I learned that Winchester only runs an occasional run of .375 Win. brass because it's not exactly a best seller. Sometimes supplies run short. If you're going to run full-.375 loads in that rifle I think I'd find some real .375 brass instead of sized .30-30's or .38-55's.

[hornetguy]

If you're going to run full-.375 loads in that rifle I think I'd find some real .375 brass instead of sized .30-30's or .38-55's.


I strongly second that notion. 375 Win loads are much higher pressure than 30-30 or 38-55.
You could load em down without any issues... I started out with fireformed 30-30 brass, till I could get the "real" stuff... but 375 brass is quite a bit stronger.

[omgb]

I bought a couple of bags of .375 from Buffalo Arms last spring when I first bought my Win. I fooled around with them and then bought some 38-55 in the original, longer length. I can and do, shoot max loads with either case and have no trouble though the max has to be adjusted due to volume differences. I know Paco Kelly has stated many times that he prefers 38-55 cases because he can stuff more powder in them.

I know the .375 cases are slightly heavier but in my book, it doesn't make much difference. The .375 is a straight-walled case with a rim. Unless the action is pranged or the chamber is loose, you're not going to get case splits or separation any more frequently in the 38-55 cases than you do in the .375. At lease, not in my experience so far.