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Ol_Deuce Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: Billings,Montana Joined: Nov 19^th, 2008	Re: Reloading 38-55 hunting rifle with bp questions Reply #15 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:09pm	Print Post
	calledflyer wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 7:16pm: My wife seldom agrees. Hmmm

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BP Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 8039 Location: Westside Joined: Aug 27^th, 2006	Re: Reloading 38-55 hunting rifle with bp questions Reply #16 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:31pm	Print Post
	If you want to try to be real traditional, WRA catalog No. 72, Oct 1905, showed the following for the Black Powder 38-55 cartridge load: Bullet, Lead (255 grains), 1 part tin and 40 parts lead DuPont Rifle F.G. (yep, that's a single F all by its lonesome), 48 grains. Later WRA catalogs advertised that load at 1321 fps, with a free recoil of 8.41 ft/lbs, while their smokeless version at the same velocity shows a lower free recoil of 5.96 ft/lbs, which may be of some slight consideration for a hunting rifle with a cresent buttplate. The 38-55 Winchester High Velocity smokeless version with the same bullet was advertised at 1590 fps, with a free recoil of 9.42 ft/lbs. The 38-55 Hi-Vel round had a good reputation for black bear, and the shotgun buttplate that WRA made available for the Model 1894 does smooth things out nicely. Have fun!

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Ol_Deuce Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 343 Location: Billings,Montana Joined: Nov 19^th, 2008	Re: Reloading 38-55 hunting rifle with bp questions Reply #17 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:40pm	Print Post
	BP wrote on Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:31pm: If you want to try to be real traditional, WRA catalog No. 72, Oct 1905, showed the following for the Black Powder 38-55 cartridge load: Bullet, Lead (255 grains), 1 part tin and 40 parts lead DuPont Rifle F.G. (yep, that's a single F all by its lonesome), 48 grains. Later WRA catalogs advertised that load at 1321 fps, with a free recoil of 8.41 ft/lbs, while their smokeless version at the same velocity shows a lower free recoil of 5.96 ft/lbs, which may be of some slight consideration for a hunting rifle with a cresent buttplate. The 38-55 Winchester High Velocity smokeless version with the same bullet was advertised at 1590 fps, with a free recoil of 9.42 ft/lbs. The 38-55 Hi-Vel round had a good reputation for black bear, and the shotgun buttplate that WRA made available for the Model 1894 does smooth things out nicely. Have fun! That's good to see!! OL Deuce

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Mick B Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1007 Location: 19 Ian Nicol St watson ACT aus Joined: Apr 11^th, 2013	Re: Reloading 38-55 hunting rifle with bp questions Reply #18 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:52pm	Print Post
	If there were any bears where I live , other than Koala bears, I would prefer a 50/90 sharps, you could also use this on rabbits if you didn't intend to eat them or keep the skins. Just sayin Mike


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Skalkaho Oldtimer Offline Posts: 867 Location: Montana Joined: Sep 29^th, 2006	Re: Reloading 38-55 hunting rifle with bp questions Reply #19 - Apr 7^th, 2017 at 8:57pm	Print Post
	Lyman 250 gr...17.5 4227 dab of tissue paper@ 1300 FPS( I'm done with 4759, no need for it). OR ....44 gr Swiss 1.5, no compress, .060 wad same Lyman 250 OAL 2.605 heres where you can get alittle compress if you need shorter OAL, same at 1275-1300 fps. Starline brass, you can get another couple grains with Win brass. Something to try, may work for you.....

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