Congratulations, my wife just bought me Winchester 94 38-55 and
I’m looking forward to hunting with it.
450; Did you ever get some loads worked up for that new 38-55? Tell us about it.
450: Sounds great, Don't forget us when you get it worked out. -06
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All the great success photo's with 38-55 Winchester cast boolits now has me dragging my old Marlin 1893 out of the safe. It is an octagonal barreled rifle with a sharp bright bore. Only problem is I slugged the bore and it is .380" ! Lyman doesn't offer a .382 sizer. My cast boolits come out of my Lyman mould at .379. That's not big enough! So found some Clover brand valve grinding compound to spin lap the mould out .003". My .379" sizer will have to be annealed and opened up to .382" Good time to start as rifle season in PA is over. Hope to be ready by November 2024 season.
I got an H&R 1871 in .38-55. Lyman 375449 boolits were tumbling at 50 yards. Ended up going to the Lyman 380681 mould. Mine drop at .380 using 50-50 Wheel weights and pure lead. Lube with Orange magic. 28.0 gr of IMR 3031 seems to do the trick. Need to take it hunting this year.
An alternative to dragging deer when it's too rough to use a cart is one of the plastic sleds. Use mine a lot. Slides over rocks logs, stumps, etc. Also keeps all the dirt, leaves grass out of the cavity.
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I just bought a Jet Sled from Bass Pro Shop. I didn't get a chance to use it this year, bought it too late in the season. It'll be around next year if I still am. -06
Glad this thread came back. I re-read it and found another wolf dog recipe to try.
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 |