Tinman357
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New .357 lever gun
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As already said, round nose or pointed bullets are not recommended for tubular magazines. The bullet will rest on the primer of the next cartridge and potentially set the primer off under recoil.
Soft nose or hollow point bullets should not be a problem.
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'My Marlin 1894C does not like to feed semi-wadcutter bullets. You can get them to feed if you cycle the lever a little to jiggle the cartridge to get it to line up with the chamber. I prefer to stick with soft point or hollow point jacketed bullets with the Marlin.
Also, my Marlin has a micro grove barrel which does not like cast bullets. The Rossi is probably more tolerant of cast bullets.
Also, my Marlin is not happy feeding 38 Special length cartridges. It shoots them fine once you get them into the chamber.
Finally, I have a Miroku Winchester 1873 chambered in 357 Magnum. It cycles 357 Magnum jacketed bullet cartridges fine but I have not shot it with anything else.
Tommygunn
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A few weeks ago I saw a Uberti made Winchester 1873 rifle in .357 magnum. Beautiful rifle, but I already own a similar rifle in .45 Colt, plus, I'm really suspicious of toggle-link Winchesters in magnum calibers.
BigBL87
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They seem to pop up in spurts, and then be out of stock for quite awhile. I was interested in a 357 lever gun, still kind of am but not a priority, and that was kind of what I gathered from keeping an eye out. I'd think they'd sell well enough to make them pretty consistently, but apparently not as it seems to just be one production run at a time.
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Roknstevo
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I have a couple hundred rounds of copper jacketed flat points. Have you ever tried those? Thanks for the help.
My Marlin 1984C with the micro groove rifling shoots tighter groups with jacketed bullets. Generally, I shoot jacketed soft points or jacketed hollow points in the Marlin. I've probably shot some plated bullets through the gun as I have used a boat load of them over the years but I do not remember exactly how they performed in the rifle.
Cast bullets do not shoot well with the micro groove rifling.
As far as feeding from the magazine, the shoulder on a semi-wadcutter bullet gets hung up on something in the action making feeding difficult. Other bullets with a rounded profile feed better as the bullet shape guides the cartridge into the chamber and there is no shoulder to hang on something.
I hope this answers our question.
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Roknstevo
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I am more concerned with bullets resting on primers in the tube.
Thanks for the help. Good shooting.......
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