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I've always thought a .30-30 rebored to .35-30 would make an excellent cast bullet launcher but, so would a .375. If rebarrling, a .25-35 does sound like a lot of fun.
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.35-30 is an excellent ctg. You can use just about any .357 bullet for a wide variety of uses, from plinkin' to big stuff at woods ranges. But it's entirely a handloaders' ctg. Case forming is easy; you don't really even need forming dies, just .30-30 or .32 Spl. cases and some cheap .308 or .321 cast bullets for fire forming. Shoot 'em in the .35 chamber and square up the case mouths and you're in biz!
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I should have read further before posting. I am thinking 375. but the 25-35 would make for a neat rifle - I remember a Rifle Magazine article by Francis Sell about a conversion to 25-35 tomcat - IIRC it is a 25-35 Improved.
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The 375 Win will get the most out of that bolt face. Should be no worries about pressure, Marlin chambered that cartridge in the 336 (they call it the model 375 though).
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I always thought a 30-30 Ackely improved would be the ticket but it's not as traditional as a 38-55. kwg
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i thought a 35-30 is basically a 35 rem. if you want an odd ball how about a 7-30 AI or 25-30 AI.
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Chrome nailed it with the 7-30 Waters. +1.....had a contender in 7-30 and loved it +2 on the 7-30 Waters. Great round, easy to find components, what is not to like. ...although the 25-35 is also a great round with little recoil and a lot of zip. I am changing my old 336 to the 38-55 for a cast bullet round with some history to it and fun target round.
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hornandy's new 338 lever cartridge, have laBounty or somebody do a rebore
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I had LaBounty rebore one to 38/55 around 10 years ago and ever since it has been my goto deer gun for the thick stuff. I like it better than my 45/70 for that.
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Boy, if someone can tell me how to rechamber my 1980 336C in 7-30 Waters and not have to sell my car to pay for it, I'm all ears.
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"Boy, if someone can tell me how to rechamber my 1980 336C in 7-30 Waters and not have to sell my car to pay for it, I'm all ears." I don't know how much your car is worth, but check this link. http://www.leveractions.com/leveractions.htm
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Thanks; I was aware of this. Probably cheaper than buying a M94 7-30 off of GunBroker.com but I still have a hard time spending $600 on a $150 rifle. I'm not a machinist or gun plumber, but I have a question on rebarreling and headspace. If I made barrels--let's say only for the 336--couldn't I put up, say, 500 of them finish chambered for that gun in 7-30 Waters and simply install them for much cheaper than $575 per gun? I'd think you could buy the blanks relatively cheaply, blue them en masse then chamber each individually. Right now, I'd imagine a guy could sell all the 7-30 rechamberings he wanted to for a price point closer to $300 rather than double that. Possible?
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The problem with your theory is the guy who makes 500 7mm barrels for a lever gun has a stock of 500 barrels sitting there, and without orders waiting he has a bunch of money invested and nothing back for it. The 7-30 is a great round but a 7mm levergun is very uncommon and nowhere near as popular as an of the magnum cartridges. You are paying for what will be a one off piece.
Buy blank, thread blank, cut chamber, install, tweak a bit, shoot. An assembly line will not work for this round.
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Some of Nonneman's work. The octagon Rebarreling, my friend refinished the stock (his rifle actually). How much do you charge per hour? I know my Plumber charges a heck of a lot for something I can do, why not a quality gunsmith.
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War Eagle, how about a 50 Alaskan? That's a big chunk of lead. Fun to shoot and nothing it can't handle. Nonneman can fix you right up. Give him a call and he can help you figure out what trips your trigger-so to speak.
Supercrewd, that rifle is way to sexy for a guy like me to be carrying.
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It is Hornady that makes the flex tip bullets. Don't believe they make one in 25 cal.
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Is there a round based on the 3030 case, but necked down to .243(6mm) or .264(6.5mm)? That would be a cool 336.
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you gave me an idea, I have a nice tapered octagon barrel remove from a Browning single shot(thanks Bricktop!) ,7mm mag, might cut the shank off and rethread it for a Marlin or Winnie.chamber to 7-30, or one of the 7 wildcats on a 444 case, most any 7mm takeoff barrel could be uused in a similar manner, since the 336 and 94 shanks are so much smaller, doing something like that is just like building a hotrod, unless you can do all or most of the work yourself, it is not economically feasible.
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you gave me an idea, I have a nice tapered octagon barrel remove from a Browning single shot(thanks Bricktop!) ,7mm mag, might cut the shank off and rethread it for a Marlin or Winnie.chamber to 7-30, or one of the 7 wildcats on a 444 case, most any 7mm takeoff barrel could be uused in a similar manner, since the 336 and 94 shanks are so much smaller, doing something like that is just like building a hotrod, unless you can do all or most of the work yourself, it is not economically feasible. I might be interested in your take-off barrel if you get serious about that and don't need it any more.
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