Hi -
I just picked up a used Win 94 "big bore" in .375 Win. Couple questions:
1) At the moment, I'm on backorder for .375 Win brass. I'm currently shortening a bunch of WW .38-55 cases to .375 Win length to use with mild cast bullet loads. Seem reasonable?
2) I'm after a good cast bullet design, probably around 250 grains, for lever action use. What do you recommend? Who makes it and what weight?
I'm especially asking about #2 there because for a while I had a Marlin 336 cowboy in .38-55 and tried to use RCBS' mold. It was a real booger. I couldn't get a decent bullet to drop from that one and when I sorted through enough to get a few (in other words, my discard rate was outrageous compared to other RCBS molds I've used) worth the effort of sizing, lubing, and loading, they wouldn't feed because there was so much "cheek" to the bullet that it wouldn't line up and slip into the chamber smoothly, I had to half-chamber a round, then slip the action a little more open so it'd un-bind, then close the lever.
I don't want to go through that again.
Tom