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Post by dougader on Feb 25, 2017 20:29:57 GMT -5
Sounds good to me. Are you going to try spitzers, too?
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Post by potatojudge on Feb 25, 2017 20:46:38 GMT -5
I am just for kicks, but I need to order the correct seater plug. I checked to see if some Hornaday SSP bullets could be seated with a standard plug and it mashed the lead tip and split the jacket.
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Post by potatojudge on Feb 27, 2017 15:28:13 GMT -5
Dad and I just had time to get a few guns on paper at around 40 yards this weekend. The lower shot was a final sighter before scope adjustment, and the group above is the last three shots. I was shooting 180 grain CG HP lead bullets over H110. So far so good. Ready to start loading jacketed bullets with 4227 and lil gun and see what it'll do at 100 yards. free jpeg images
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Post by paulg on Feb 27, 2017 20:12:22 GMT -5
Dad and I just had time to get a few guns on paper at around 40 yards this weekend. The lower shot was a final sighter before scope adjustment, and the group above is the last three shots. I was shooting 180 grain CG HP lead bullets over H110. So far so good. Ready to start loading jacketed bullets with 4227 and lil gun and see what it'll do at 100 yards. free jpeg imagesI don't think there will be much meat left on a squirrel using this load. :-) Good shootin!
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Post by dougader on Feb 27, 2017 20:27:51 GMT -5
Looks like a keeper for sure. Nice shooting!
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Post by f3 on May 26, 2017 23:15:34 GMT -5
How much did JES charge?
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Post by potatojudge on May 27, 2017 10:05:45 GMT -5
$225 which covers shipping back. Rebored, recrowned, remarked, and rechambered. I just wish he did calibers smaller than .33 The gun shoots great. Somewhat short throat but seating bullets a bit deeper cures that, and the gun isn't lacking for power or powder capacity regardless. www.35caliber.com/2.htmlI'm happy enough I just sent him another rifle, and have a third that I'm kicking around sending to him as well.
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Post by f3 on Sept 5, 2017 22:48:14 GMT -5
I talked to JES today and am sending him a marlin 336 30-30 to become a 356 Winchester. At $225 dollars Iam perusing the used gun racks for something else to send him. And he said about a weeks turnaround time.
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Post by bradshaw on Sept 7, 2017 7:55:22 GMT -5
I'm thinking of having my No 3 sent off for a rebore and rechamber. It's a 22 Hornet reamed to 223, so basically anything 338 and larger that'll clean up the 223 chamber should work. I'd keep it as-is, but the twist rate favors lighter bullets and I don't really need a varmint gun. I'm favoring a larger bore to help lighten the gun. Even with the little carbine barrel the thing is a brick in 22 cal. I talked with JES Reboring yesterday and they will do it for $225, including return shipping. www.35caliber.com/8.htmlI'm considering: 338-06 357 max 375 H&H 445 Supermag 454 Casull 500 Linebaugh 50 Alaskan If it was yours, what caliber would you go with? ***** RECOIL TOLERANCE, the human factor, imposes a limit on practical cartridge section. The neat little Ruger Number 3 carbine wants to be chambered in a cartridge enjoyable to shoot. Its falling block action takes .45-70 loads----pressure-wise and recoil-wise----which have no business in a lever action. I predict a Number 3 in .375 Holland & Holland will be worse. The .357 Maximum is a Sweetie in the Number 3. David Bradshaw
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Post by warhawk on Sept 7, 2017 12:31:45 GMT -5
I think you made the right choice. The #3 gets downright nasty in the heavy calibers. Even the #1S is brutal in .45-70, or maybe I'm just not tough enough.
A friend had the #3 in .45-70 and I had the #1S. I also had a Marlin 1895 and a Browning 1886 at the same time. The #1 kicked worse than either of the leverguns, and the #3 was just no fun at all with anything above a light factory load.
The 357 is a great caliber in a rifle, the Max should be even better.
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Post by mar on Sept 10, 2017 8:13:15 GMT -5
Dad and I just had time to get a few guns on paper at around 40 yards this weekend. The lower shot was a final sighter before scope adjustment, and the group above is the last three shots. I was shooting 180 grain CG HP lead bullets over H110. So far so good. Ready to start loading jacketed bullets with 4227 and lil gun and see what it'll do at 100 yards. free jpeg images
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Post by mar on Sept 10, 2017 8:15:05 GMT -5
Potatojudge Have you had a chance to try shooting the 357 max at 100 yards? How was accuracy? Marshall
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 10, 2017 20:14:06 GMT -5
I haven't yet. I tend to shoot rifles in the fall-spring when the weather is a bit friendlier. I've got some plans for scope swapping then to the range in the coming weeks.
I also had JES rebore a Browning Low Wall to 338 Federal, so I'll be playing with that a bit this year.
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Post by potatojudge on Sept 11, 2017 23:59:40 GMT -5
Hm, not having much luck finding a 357 seater plug for spitzer bullets. Should I call RCBS or would a 358 win die be a good donor for a seater plug?
As for recoil, encore64 kept me sensible in picking a chambering. My traditional hunter low wall in 45 Colt is a pretty sharp kicker with hot loads and I have a G2 carbine in 44 mag that's got a bit of kick too. The max is just right for the No 3 recoil-wise, it's easy to reload, cheap to shoot, and accurate.
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Post by bradshaw on Sept 12, 2017 7:00:56 GMT -5
Potatojudge Have you had a chance to try shooting the 357 max at 100 yards? How was accuracy? Marshall ***** Marshall.... if your question concerns intrinsic accuracy of the .357 Maximum, not to worry. Given a decent load, accuracy will follow----providing an excellent chamber & bore. The LEADE----ramp into the rifling----must have a smooth taper. An abrupt shoulder at the transition to rifling kills accuracy. Revolvers have recored 5x5 into 3.5-inches @ 200 meters. The Number 1 carbine Bill Ruger brought to the Maximum tests shot very well, although I did not target it specifically. We shot at 100 and 200 yards with the open sights (as were most of the revolvers shot), and it was sweet indeed. David Bradshaw
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