TehK1w1
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New Calibers for Lever Action Rifles
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db_tanker
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well...there is some good thinking here...
lets push this idea out a bit...has anyone made an action that can chamber a 357 Max?
I ask this as I come from the Contender single shot crowd. I know that you can take a 357 max case, run it through the forming die of a 300-221 and have a 300 whisper rimmed. easier to use with a single shot action. NOW...instead of necking down to 300, you take it down to 300, then take it down to a quarter bore...say a 256 Winchester Super Mag (IIRC the 256 base dia is the same as 357 as well)
At the same time you could go with another caliber that has been around for a bit...357-44 Bain Davis.
The Marlins that were chambered in 444 Marlin would make for an interesting platform in perhaps a 7mm Bellm. Best numbers I have seen are about 2500 fps out of a 14" barrel...imagine what you could get with a 18 or 20"?
Lots of possibilities.
D
lets push this idea out a bit...has anyone made an action that can chamber a 357 Max?
I ask this as I come from the Contender single shot crowd. I know that you can take a 357 max case, run it through the forming die of a 300-221 and have a 300 whisper rimmed. easier to use with a single shot action. NOW...instead of necking down to 300, you take it down to 300, then take it down to a quarter bore...say a 256 Winchester Super Mag (IIRC the 256 base dia is the same as 357 as well)
At the same time you could go with another caliber that has been around for a bit...357-44 Bain Davis.
The Marlins that were chambered in 444 Marlin would make for an interesting platform in perhaps a 7mm Bellm. Best numbers I have seen are about 2500 fps out of a 14" barrel...imagine what you could get with a 18 or 20"?
Lots of possibilities.
D
I'd like to see a 460 and 500 S&W in a lever action. The 460 equals the .45-70 up to 350g for the most part in energy. Marlin could make the guide gun with close to 10 rounds in a tight little package. The 500 whould be a hell of a thumper as well.
Most brand new cartridges fail. That should be expected, since there's so much redundancy already.
I believe there have been at least 14 different .300 Magnum cartridges.
Still, new rounds come out all the time.
Lever action buyers probably tend toward "traditionalist" tastes, more than, say, long-range varmint hunters or "space gun" target-shooting competitors.
Therefore, I would expect fewer new lever cartridges. Manufacturers would see them as a risky proposition, and wildcatters tend not to use lever guns as much as bolties or guns like the Thompson/Center single shots.
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