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A short time ago I purchased a Rossi 92 in 357/38 special caliber. Upon trying to shoot some reloads with 125 gr. HP bullets I found they wouldn't feed. The flat nose was too large and would hang up. Today I had a chance to visit a gunshop that sells reloading supplies and found Hornady's 125. gr XTP bullets which appeared to have a slightly smaller diameter nose than the bullets I had. It wasn't on my agenda to visit the gunshop when I started out or I would have dropped a bullet in my pocket to compare. I took a chance and bought a box. I could always shoot them in one of my revolvers if they happened to be a no go. Yep---slightly smaller nose. I loaded up a few rounds to try and sure enough they work great.
 
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Man, I love that little rifle. I bought mine to go with my Ruger Blackhawk. I sold the Blackhawk, still have the rifle. I shoot cast SWCs from Missouri bullet company through mine. Very economical and the bullets are pretty effective. Well, against watermelons anyway.
 
I just finished the sight installation. Now to get it sighted in. I can't do it tomorrow afternoon and then we are supposed to have chilly, rainy, windy weather for two or three days. I just love this time of year.

This is to be my jeep gun and it will get 38 special loads mostly but when out in the sticks where a coyote might just appear it will have 357 loads in it. I have a Blackhawk to accompany it.
 
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Pics are sort mandatory for some of us to keep the flame of lever rifle in original configurations alive.
 
I only shoot .357 brass in my rifle. You ever see that ring that develops in the cylinder of a revolver from shooting lots of .38 out of a .357? Ah, maybe I’m just being anal.
 
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I only shoot .357 brass in my rifle. You ever see that ring that develops in the cylinder of a revolver from shooting lots of .38 out of a .357? Ah, maybe I’m just being anal.
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I've wondered about the ring as well, but never heard it addressed. I assumed the force of a longer case inserted by the lever would knock it out?. With that being said, I've owned several 38/357 Lever Rifles and never had any feeding problems with handloads loaded with .357 brass. Have had a few problems here and there with .38 Special loads depending on the bullet. Was sort of surprised by this thread as I don't remember any problems with my Rossi with either length brass. I had a Henry that was the worse feeding gun ever. It would not feed lead bullets of any weight worth a crap. No problem with jacketed as long as it was in 357 brass. .38 loads didn't feed well no matter what kind of bullet
 
Yeah, it just bugged me because I've seen well used .357 revolvers with the flash cut in the top strap and have often wondered whether it was having a similar effect on the cylinder chambers. Of course, the top strap will wear at a rate 6X greater than that of the cylinders, but in a lever gun where one chamber sees it all of the time...I don't know and in a state of ignorance I usually act in an abundance of caution.
 
I figure that full house 357 loads would cause the same barrel erosion found in other centerfire rifles. Depending on the caliber this can vary from mild to intense. Anyone know someone with a 357 rifle that has shot a great deal of full house loads and owns a borescope? As a wild guess I would expect the 357 to be around or slightly above the old 30-30 in this respect.

As to carbon build up in the chamber it would be very simple to rig up a brush to scrub the chamber the same as you do after shooting 38 special in a revolver. I can run out in the shop and build a simple right angle handle to hold a bore brush in a short length of time.

I have a pretty good supply of 357 brass and having found a few lead bullets that feed well I will probably use it for all my loads in this gun, mild or wild.
 
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