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[SgtDog0311]

Kurt look up JES Rebore, he's done lots of 30 to 38-55s.

I get to shoot with Randy Redman, http://www.redmansrifling.com/ once a year. Really nice guy! More importantly have never heard any bad comments from anyone and know MANY who have used him. His rebore is the .375 rather than what you find in the 1993 38-55. No bother though unless your mold investment is considerable and a done-deal. A rebore through him is considerably cheaper than a reline from a good liner guy, at least the one I've used.

My interest started out with Marlin levers, then the Vintage (turn-of-the-century) model levers, then Single Shots and progressed from there to BP and Ballards. Still soft on the Marlin Vintage Leverguns.

I've sold most of my Marlin levers now to fund SSs, but have kept quartet (38-55, 32-40, 32-20 and an 1897 in 22) I keep spanking my hand if I reach for them as fodder to fund another Ballard.

The Cowboys are nice. But if I could find a good bore in an 1893 there'd be no question for me, though that Crazy Horse model looks "reservation rifle" enough to get my attention:-) The Cowboys in the "jm" trademark are almost as spendy as a good vintage 1893/1894. Really have to watch anything that comes after 2008 for quality. A lot of the gents over on our levergun forum reline sewer pipes when they find one they desire for it's exterior condition . I've done that with a couple using the hammer forged TJ liner over Redman's liners.

The Marlin 336 in 375 is a nice rifle of the shorter barrel variety but twist is faster. Might ask Randy what twist he does on his rebore just to be sure it's not that faster twist.

Tom at Accurate has a nice Ranch Dog bullet/mold for the 38-55.