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The Marlin that won't shoot straight! I have a Marlin 1895 CB in .45-70 that will not hit a barn from the inside. It seems that a new barrel is in order. I would like to convert the rifle to .40-65 if possible. If anyone has ideas and/or gunsmiths that do this kind of work please let me know. Thanks in advance.
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Seeing as there are NO factory guns these days chambered in any .40 cal. rounds, this is going to be a little "special".

But I'm surprised at your current barrel's lack of being at least a little accurate! What's with it?!!

Then, assuming that you may want to shoot Lead bullets through your .40-65 you can probably pick and choose a good quality barrel to replace what's on there, like a Green River or Badger. Either one of those ought to shoot like a house afire if you do your part.

Be advised that there are no SAAMI specs on the .40-65 cartridge and different reamers and dies abound and you may not end up reloading exactly what your chamber's shaped for!

For instance I have a Browning 1885 "BPCR" rifle that's chambered in ".40-65" (that's how the barrel's marked).

After going through at least one set of dies (supplied by the distributor WITH the rifle!) that didn't "fit", I discovered that the BPCRs were chamberd in ".40-65 Browning"!

It turns out that this is Browning's version of .40-65, and is NOT exactly the same as a .40-65 Winchester!

Shiloh Rifle Co. calls their .40-65 "Winchester" caliber too, but their rifles require special, tight, dies to fit their minimum chamber sizes.

So you see that marrying your dies and your chamber reamer is going to be as important as getting someone to fit a barrel onto your rifle.

BTW, that .40-65 Browning isn't a bad choice! The engineer at Browning that came up with that design chose to make some minor changes that add a slightly larger amount of powder to the case while making a case that forms very easily out of .45-70 brass. I'm sure it would fit/function in a lever rifle just fine also.

I know RCBS has ".40-65 Browning" dies as that's what I ended up with...2nd time around!

I don't know WHO to recommend to do a barrel swap on a lever gun, but there are probably many gunsmiths who'd do a pretty good job on it.

Just thought I'd update you on the .40-65 ctg. situation...

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Zuni..My 40/65W marlin 1895 is a Re-Line from 45/70 OEM barrel..BUT, It came used from far away,and I don't know who did the work..Fine Job and a great shooter with RCBS 300 gr cast.. ..Lyle

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I have a Browning BPCR in 40-65. I obtained a set of C-H dies in "40-65 winchester" I had trouble getting cases to fit. I ended up having the dies shortened, and only used R-P cases. it seems the R-P cases are a bit smaller at the base. I saw an article in HANDLOADER that said to shorten the cases a bit. It now works well, and of course, once you have brasss fitted to your chamber, things go a lot easier.

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That's interesting, and something I'd never heard before. My son and I each have a Browning .40-65 BPCR. The chambers are so close that a fired case from either will fit the other perfectly, and the throats seem to be within a couple of thousandths. We have formed brass from Winchester and Remington .45-70 cases, using a Redding .40-65 FL die with no problems. After first firing we have neck sized only using a Lyman neck die. Maybe we've been lucky.

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The Marlin that won't shoot straight! I have a Marlin 1895 CB in .45-70 that will not hit a barn from the inside. It seems that a new barrel is in order. I would like to convert the rifle to .40-65 if possible. If anyone has ideas and/or gunsmiths that do this kind of work please let me know. Thanks in advance.
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Z now is this from a bent barrel or wrong dia cast bullets? Just curious many who reload like a guy I know thinks he doesn't need to use over dia cast bullets.

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