Merry Christmas to me

[Kurt]

Don,
I don't know about the microgroove rifling. I have it in my .444 Marlin and it just wont shoot cast bullets with any alloy. Smokeless or black.
It shoots the jacket bullets like a laser.

Kurt

[Don McDowell]

Sometimes things just don't work, but my 30-30 ai Marlin shoot cast reasonably well, but shooting cast in the thing sort of defies the intent of the rechambering job... Altho it is a fun way to fireform a fresh batch of cases.
But on a side note I'm not sure the 444 in any barrel rifling is much of a cast bullet shooter. I sure haven't seen any variable evidence of it anyway.

[Kurt]

It shoots good, but not cast. I been looking for a drop in Ballard rifled barrel for it.

[Don McDowell]

You would have to get a barrel blank from Green Mtn and have it fitted.

[Don McDowell]

Probably cheaper to find one of the Winchester 94's they ran in .444

[laowho]

Mornin All,

This is great. Seems there's no bottom to this. Thanks for the history Don. Lots to chew on here, so back to my homework. What a cool forum.

[Don McDowell]

Glad to have you.

[laowho]

In the interest of tryin to contribute sumthin, figured I'd offer this

The Model 1894 Winchester actually appeared before the complete demise of the black powder era. It was originally chambered for the .32-40 Winchester and the .38-55 Winchester, two black powder cartridges of long standing. Then the Model 1894 greeted the smokeless powder era with better steel in its barrel. It is interesting to note that the original 1894 action was strong enough for smokeless powder pressures and needed no strengthening modification, as long as the improved barrel steel was used. This is generally true of Browning’s designs. They were somewhat “overbuilt.” Neither the Model 1885 Single Shot nor any of the lever actions needed any modification, other than stronger barrel steel, to move into the smokeless powder era. Interest in the ’94 as a hunting arm, and in the lever action as an icon of disappearing frontier America, propelled it through the twentieth century with several million editions produced and sold.

It came from here

http://ataleoftwothirties.com/?page_id=1036

but I wouldn't know whether it's accurate. Guess this is why/how the 30-30 came to be? Cheers, Doug

[laowho]

And in the interest of tryin 2 really contribute, just joined the BPCR.net forums where I can get better prepared for things here. You guys are a little advanced as compared with the rest, so I'll get all I can there then post better questions. Cheers,

[Don McDowell]

You won't get much there..