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oneatatime wrote on May 30^th, 2016 at 12:19pm:


Not familiar with the 9.5 cartridge? Was it another choice in Swede Rollers? If so, I guess it's a possibility mine got the wrong barrel. I'm actually glad, as it's easier to size some 245 gr. .38-55 bullets down to use.

I've got a reproduction Ballard mid range vernier here that I was tempted to D&T my 33 for. Kinda wanted to do a Remington spacing, but I guess it isn't that important. 
I picked up 3-4 globe sights at Denver for very good prices. One is a 17a and the rest are old fixed globes. The front sight on my 33A is pretty worthless for accurate shooting. I might do the same, and put some good sights on mine too.

My barrel is serialed to the receiver. My forearm wood is also, but written in pencil inside the wood. The two little wedges are serial numbered also with the last 3 digits of the gun's number.
This is a great thread you started! I'm learning things I never knew about my gun! Glad there's more of them here, so we can compare them all!

QuestionableMaynard8130 wrote on May 30^th, 2016 at 9:26pm:


Since you like the #2 Roller, you'd love the 33 Husky! Like a #2, but more rounded shape.

My barrel carries serial # 22887, the receiver is not marked that I could find. Both wedges have the last 3 on them, and the forearm is marked with pencil. Not sure on the type of wood, Butt stock looks like walnut, forearm is lighter, but the grain pattern looks the same on both. Let me know where my number falls.

Took me some time searching to find my serial number Tom! I'm embarrassed to say I've spent very little time really looking my 33 over until this thread started, and Chauncey prodded me to look at it closer. 
I'm happy he did so, as I loved the gun before, and now even more impressed with what I've learned about my gun, and the Type 33 in general.

Pulled the forend and no penciled numbers. Oh well, on to the next subject. Someone once said the only interesting rifle is an accurate one or something like that. Tom has shown us that his is accurate. Mine has given me initial glimpses that it might be. Tom was shooting 250 grain bullets from Lyman mold 366408. I had some 178 grain bullets from a cut down 366408 and some 202 grain ones from Accurate mold 37-196b. The original factory loads had somewhere around 190 grain bullets. I tried to get a reading for the twist rate of the barrel and got about 1 in 25. So this is pretty slow for a 250 grain bullet like Tom's considering the original twist for a 38-55 250ish bullet was, what, 1 in 18? I think that some have reported excellent accuracy for a bullet on the ragged edge of stability. Will some of you guys with the super software run a 25 twist .367 bullet with a length of between .750 and 1.00 and see what turns up? Guess I should add that velocity would be in the 1400 to 1600 fps range.