Val Cano Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 Anybody shooting one of the current crop of Winchester Model 94s in .38-55? What cast bullet diameter are you using? What overall length chambers reliably? Which brass mfr.? I already have some Winchester brass that my wife shoots in her H&R 1871. She uses .380 Chey-Cast bullets which are extremely accurate. Which smokeless powder is good (and available)? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Posted December 23, 2014 Share Posted December 23, 2014 My 94 was 378 or 379. Can't remember which. Took it to my gunsmith, and he fitted up a badger barrel that measures. 376. It wouldn't hurt to slug your barrel to make sure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colorado Coffinmaker Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Before you make any bullet decisions, slug the bore and go from there. Coffinmaker Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Cano Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 The groove diameter is .377. My favorite cast bullets (Chey-Cast) are available in .378 and .380. Which one would be best do you think? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 A thousandths overbore would be plenty fat. Make sure you have loaded round clearance to release the bullet without pressure spiking. The 380 bullet may not chamber in your rifle due to neck clearance issues anyway. I have another 3855 that has too large of bore diameter for chamber dimensions. My gunsmith said he'll ream the chamber for me after Christmas. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Cano Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 A thousandths overbore would be plenty fat. Make sure you have loaded round clearance to release the bullet without pressure spiking. The 380 bullet may not chamber in your rifle due to neck clearance issues anyway. I have another 3855 that has too large of bore diameter for chamber dimensions. My gunsmith said he'll ream the chamber for me after Christmas. Little Deb's BP .380 rounds actually chambered in my new 1894. I slugged the '94 with a .380 bullet and it was somewhat difficult to start down the barrel so .378 wins the prize. Please explain "loaded round clearance." BTW, that's a great alias. I hope you get better. We all know what happened to old Doc. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Ok, if the loaded round in the neck area is the same measurement as the neack area of the rifles chamber, the brass can't expand releasing thebullet very well. Pressure goes through the roof. Best case is the gun won't group. Worst case, you can damage the gun or yourself. A sign of this would be no smoke on the neckarea of the case, vertical in your groups.I like for a bullet to be able to slip through a fired case neck without much resistance. If you can't force a bullet through the neck of a fired case, its an indication you don'thave enough cclearance. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Val Cano Posted December 24, 2014 Author Share Posted December 24, 2014 Got it. The .378 bullet plus the thin walled Winchester brass should work. Now I just need to find more unfired WW brass. I asked you in a PM but for the benefit of the rest of the peanut gallery, how is it that you can shoot BP through a Browning action like a 94 or for that matter a 92 and not muck up the action? Man I'd love to shoot Goex through that pipe. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Pm sent Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lunger Posted December 24, 2014 Share Posted December 24, 2014 Can't say the load here, but 2f 777. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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