Starline 38-55 Long (2.125") is available for Backorder

[Sedalia Dave]

Starline 38-55 Long (2.125") is available for Backorder

[AlOvera]

B/O does no good without an estimated delivery date.  I went on B/O over a year ago.  They cancelled my order and said no B/I.  Now they say  re- place B/O, still with no delivery est.  Bull!!

Al

[Griff]

1 hour ago, AlOvera said:

B/O does no good without an estimated delivery date.  I went on B/O over a year ago.  They cancelled my order and said no B/I.  Now they say  re- place B/O, still with no delivery est.  Bull!!

Al

The last 2 times I had brass on back order, they contacted me to confirm my back order & payment details, prior to shipping.  The time before that when I back ordered 2K pieces of C45S, it arrived 4 days later.  It can take them months to accumulate enough back order quantity to warrant putting a relative slow mover into their production schedule.  

[Roland Thunder]

What's the difference between regular 38-55 and 38-55 long?

[Tyrel Cody]

.045”

 

 

[Rip Snorter]

I believe the Long is for single shot rifles.  Haven't had a 38-55 for near 20 years, so may be wrong.

[Frontier Lone Rider]

Yes, the longer brass is for single shot rifles.  Some believe that the longer brass is closer to the riflings and will give you better accuracy.

 

I use the shorter brass just to keep everything simple.  It will fire in my single shot rifles and my lever action rifles.

[Griff]

On 3/19/2025 at 10:45 PM, Rip Snorter said:

I believe the Long is for single shot rifles.  Haven't had a 38-55 for near 20 years, so may be wrong.

If you have an older 1894 Winchester, you may want to do a chamber cast to verify chamber length.  I don't believe the shorter 38-55 brass was available before the 375 Winchester was developed in the late 1970s.