Dilemma - what to lust after next

[cpaspr]

Voted other. Reason is for the next couple years a 22lr or 9mm will be the only cheap shooters. The 357/38 can be if you’re rolling your own but that is the if. I guess it boils down to how much you actually shoot or desire to shoot.

I already stated that I have lots of brass and lead, and adequate supplies of primers. Pretty much implies that yes, I roll my own.

Just for a monkey wrench, have you considered one of the new mfg M1 Carbines?

Nope. Have an old one. But thanks for the suggestion, and .30 M1 Carbines are FUN!

I have an old Marlin 94c 357 mag that I found in a little country store here in NW FL. I put a 2-7 scope on it. One big mistake made by 357 mag rifle owners is to load a rifle like a pistol. Big mistake, every rifle should be loaded like a rifle, at higher pressure with rifle primers and heavy for diameter bullets. I use RCBS 200s in my 357mag 94c at about 1900 fps . Packs a decent punch for a small rifle.

Agreed. Was talking with a friend a couple of days ago, and he was talking about the rifle only loads he has for his .45 Colt lever gun. Keeps them in a special ammo box and blacks the entire head of the shell to warn against shooting them in his revolver.

And now, I'm thinking - Hmm? .45 Colt in a lever gun? Maayyybbbeeee

[cpaspr]

Ummm. . .in your opening post. S&W isn't currently listing the 25/625, FWIW.

Oh. Well, since I was asking about long guns, I felt I was pretty much already implying that I wasn't considering the .45 ACP revolver at this time.

[imashooter2]

Agreed. Was talking with a friend a couple of days ago, and he was talking about the rifle only loads he has for his .45 Colt lever gun. Keeps them in a special ammo box and blacks the entire head of the shell to warn against shooting them in his revolver.

And now, I'm thinking - Hmm? .45 Colt in a lever gun? Maayyybbbeeee

I use .38 Long Colt brass to make my ICORE and USPSA Revolver loads. They are a .38 Special +P load in brass .120 shorter and a boolit that seats very deep. As I have gotten on in years I grew concerned that after I passed someone might get hold of them and try to fire them in an older revolver. Here is the solution I came up with.



.45 Colt loaded hot for a lever action would be a good truck gun. Fills a different niche than a .357 or 9mm carbine though…

[Handloader109]

I've a Rossi 357 and changed out the Buckhorn to a peep. Got one that fit where the Buckhorn was. Love the gun..... and it's not that far above your $700

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[cpaspr]

The Rossi would be in the running, but since I started this inquiry, I've seen enough along the lines of "love my Rossi 92, now that I've got it back two years after I sent it in for repairs" to make me very leary of them.

[cpaspr]

Well crap. Just talked to my LGS this evening. He has a older, and I quote "beautiful" Remington made Marlin in .38/.357, with scope, going up on the rack tomorrow. $950. And me with an almost empty gun fund.

[Three44s]

Marlin but in .44 Mag.

This me as well!

VIVA the 44 magnum!

Three44s

[cpaspr]

But then, you'd have to change your handle to Four44s.

This me as well!

VIVA the 44 magnum!

Three44s

[Matt85]

With reloading components what they are these days. My vote is for a single shot rifle in a black powder cartridge. Black powder is much easier to get than smokeless powder. A trap door, rolling block, or falling block action would be good.