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I found some new Starline brass last week and had it sent to the house. Don't know when I'll get home to reload & shoot some, but I have all my stuff there waiting on me when I do!!

Well after a whole day of traveling, which started this morning in Watertown, NY. I am in my room at Texarkana at the Marriott as usual. Did 100 days here last stay and the folks here are great. The wife left my pick-up out front, and bless her heart inside was the Handloader No. 210 from April 2001 with atricle about handloading cast boolits for the 38-55. Written by Mike Thomas it shows some loads that were & are for the Browning High Wall. He lists the one mold I have, Lyman 375449 and his WW drop about the same weight as mine. He list 271, IIRC, thats what mine dropped at. Get to go home and load some 38-55 this weekend, and if all works out right, shoot some through the Ledgendary Fronteirsman, which from here on out will be called my,"Go to town gun"! On account it so purdy!

i got mine from brother-in-law after he passed. ser# makes it made in 1897. very slick handling and shoots ok for my old eyes. some were in its history it was re-blued and has gold trigger. never tried anything but factory ammo. have fun, D O M I T !

I got to reload and finally shoot some rounds of my 38-55 yesterday. I started out with my cast boolits from a Lyman mold that dropped at .379 & 271 gr. I applied my Ben's Red boolit lube by hand. I used 21 gr. of RS 4759 in W-W 38-55 brass, 2.082 with a COAL of 2.50 for starters. Drove over to my Dad's place where we shoot and the first shot the forearm slid forward. With all that first group had three touching @ 50 yards in 2 groups was happy and think this will work. Now I have found a Tenon, as someone here helped me find, is on order and on its way. Heading out of town again to train Soldiers for another month. When I get home later will get to fix the Frontiersman and try again!

Glad you enjoyed it.

There is something about that cartridge; accurate, capable, minimal recoil; a pleasure to shoot and load for; it just feels right in a lever gun.

Good luck in the field.

I agree, it is very special, my M-94 loaded feels like it weighs about 6.5 lbs in my hand, the 265 gr cast performance bullets at 1875 fps blow through deer and pigs like they weren't even there.

I use a Lyman receiver peep on mine, wouldn't hesitate to use on any stateside game inside 200 yards.

Gunner