Browning Model 71 chamber question

[Abert Rim]

Have one of these bad boys inbound and was just looking around at various cast bullets and molds. When I pulled up Beartooth's site, I noticed a note saying the chambers in the Browning 71s are too short for Beartooth's only .348 bullet. Anyone here shooting cast from a Browning 71? What mold(s) are you using?

[JFE]

Like most leverguns in rifle calibres, 348's have little to no throat. You can fix this by having the rifle's chamber throated or, alternatively, buy yourself a Lee FCD and crimp the bullet in place so that loaded rounds still chamber and cycle freely.

With my Browning I use a Lee FCD and it works well. I use a couple of moulds made by Aussie mould maker CBE. If you do a search here you be able to find quite a bit of info on the 348 & cast.

[Tatume]

I'm using RCBS 348-200-FN. It is made for Model 71 rifles.

[runfiverun]

browning 86 and 71 rifles are notorious for them having a short throat.
their 86's [45/70's] won't chamber some jacketed bullets.
it's about a 5 minute operation for any smith with the right throat reamer to fix the issue, and you can do it yourself at home.