Any .357 lever gun guys out there?

[Babysitr]

Muss, dont have any first hand info on magazine discharges....actually read the owners manual with this gun (retired now)...states "use only ammo for tubular magazines, only flatnose or hollow points or round nose flat points"....just thought some of you would know....first lever gun.for me.....kinda sad I've asked such a dumb question...but I've learned a lot from my thread

 

[.38SuperMan]

As long as the bullet isn't pushed deeper into the case your fine. Shooting any rounds were bullets are pushed in raises the chamber pressure. I'm shootings a 16in Rossi 92 with 158gr jhp with xx grains of H110(I can't remember that's why I write it down). Its a blast to shoot it may go hunting this year.

I use 2 loads in my Henry Big Boy Brass carbine. For just playing around I use Ramshot Enforcer with a 158 jhp or jsp. It's mild at roughly 1200fps. I'd have to go to my notes on this. Second I use H110 and the 158 jsp or jhp. Velocities range around 1500+ FPS. Again I'd have to look at notes.

My Henry feeds 38's with SWC polymer coated and Lead RNFP polymer coated just fine. I load these very light for plinking.

I have a 1892 Saddle Ring carbine Winchester in 45LC that I absolutely love. Great guns!

 

[Buford57]

so, is this dangerous or just too much internet

Dangerous on the receiving end. Seriously, if the flat of the bullet is wider than a primer and the primers are seated properly, you should not have a problem.

 

[.38SuperMan]

Do you have any information to suggest that rounds in a tube magazine regularly fire from recoil? #AskingForAFriend

Round nose flat point, hollow points and semi wad cutters are safe. It's when you get into round nose or protruding nose of the bullet that you get into trouble. RNFP are pretty standard in cowboy shooting I understand. Rnfp, SWC and hollow points are what I use in both my 357 and 2 45 Colt lever guns and never had a issue. If you look at factory 45 Colt ammo it's generally a RNFP projectile.

 

[Muss Muggins]

I'd trust the owners manual. But I'm funny like that. Enjoy your rifle . . .

Muss, dont have any first hand info on magazine discharges....actually read the owners manual with this gun (retired now)...states "use only ammo for tubular magazines, only flatnose or hollow points or round nose flat points"....just thought some of you would know....first lever gun.for me.....kinda sad I've asked such a dumb question...but I've learned a lot from my thread

 

[Muss Muggins]

Has this ever happened?

Round nose flat point, hollow points and semi wad cutters are safe. It's when you get into round nose or protruding nose of the bullet that you get into trouble. RNFP are pretty standard in cowboy shooting I understand. Rnfp, SWC and hollow points are what I use in both my 357 and 2 45 Colt lever guns and never had a issue. If you look at factory 45 Colt ammo it's generally a RNFP projectile.

 

[625-7]

Don't load them pointy tippy rounds in a lever action tube. No If And Or Butts. NEVER!

 

[jimmyj]

.357 Lever

Been lever gunning 357 since 1982, with both Marlin 1894's and Rossi 92's.

For a accurate full power load, use a Hornady 180 gr JSP over a max charge of H-4227.

Ivan

Where do you find IMR 4227 ?

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

I've got a bunch of .38 spl with 3.2 red dot and Mo. bullet 158 gr coated swc, just not sure they're safe...

I shoot 158 grain powder coated swc boolits in my .357 Henry. They shoot and cycle just fine.

 

[DeplorabusUnum]

Where do you find IMR 4227 ?

Powder Valley has it in stock right now.

 

[mtgianni]

Has this ever happened?

I was in Doug Wells shop outside Missoula when he was working on a Rossi that had 4 cartridges go off in the tube. There were 8 in it at the time. He suspected high primer. IIRC, it was a mix of rn and swc all lead bullets. Think the Lyman 358311 and Lyman 358429 or similar. The first round went off and set off the second blowing out the tube. The third and fourth went off but the bullets stayed in the tube with the gasses blowing back out of the hole in the loading tube. Two rounds above it did not fire. I have no idea of the loads, supposedly CASS practice round when it happened. I left Missoula in 06 and this was a few years before that.

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Serial killer/rapist Wayne Nance made the mistake of trying to break into and attack Dougs wife. It was his last attempt at such a crime. I was surprised to see this back in print.

 

[merl67]

I have had one for about 18 years a early Marlin 1894. I bought it for my youngest to take on his first deer hunt. At 100 yards with 170grn jsp deer can't tell the difference between it and my 30-30...

 

[smoothshooter]

so, is this dangerous or just too much internet

Too much internet.

 

[smoothshooter]

well smoothshooter,cant say I've spent a lot of brain matter on what people have been shooting in leverguns since 1860. just asking for experienced opinions,I'll make my own decisions!

As you should.

 

[white cloud]

.357 carbine revolver combinations make a lot of sense to me. After some recent events, they make even more sense. 75 yards is a long shot where I hunt. I have killed a number of deer with the Hornady 158 grain JHP over a stiff load of H110. It works great and my 1894 Marlin shoots it well.

 

[Donn]

Have a Henry Big Boy 38/357mag. Very well mannered, like a 22lr on steroids.

 

[Puller]

As popular as .357 lever guns seem to be, especially in a model 1892 Winchester style or a Marlin 1894, I don't understand why the manufacturers don't produce more of them. Hopefully Marlin/Ruger will see the wisdom in this.

I'd also like to see Rossi make a .327 lever gun.

 

[reccpd101]

I once owned an original Winchester 92 32-20 that had been very skillfully converted to 357 magnum. It was sold to deal with a family emergency in the late fall of 1978. I've never found another one. Since then, I've owned Rossi 92s and my current 1894 JM Marlin. The 1894 handles 38 and 357 smoothly but I agree stay clear of pointed bullets. Here's the Marlin 357 on the top. Below it is a half magazine 32-20.

 

[BearBio]

My only experience has been loading for my wife's Marlin Cowboy for SASS. Used flat-nosed lead with Titegroup.

 

[tlawler]

I recently purchased a new Henry .357 side gate. I searched gun shows for an older JM Marlin or a Winchester, but the couple times I found a decent one, I just didn't want to put down what they were asking. I gave up and bought the Henry at near retail, but I'm happy with it. Not my first lever gun, but first .357 lever and first Henry.