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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	New to me 1885 219 Wasp Sep 11^th, 2020 at 10:58pm	Print Post
	Action from 1886 gun built in the 1960's by maker unknown.Shot ok with jacketed loads i got with it but I primarily shoot cast so I'm excited to heat up the. 22 molds!
	« Last Edit: Sep 27^th, 2020 at 2:00pm by Cbashooter »

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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #1 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 12:32am	Print Post
	I'm sure it will be fun. I only tried one cast load in mine - Lyman 225438 GC and 10 grains of 4227. It looked worthy of more experimentation.


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JLouis Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 10625 Joined: Apr 8^th, 2009	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #2 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 9:34am	Print Post
	Is the trigger a single set its abit hard to see if the adjustment screw is there or not. Nice looking rifle and it should shoot cast bullets very well.

	" It Is Better To Now Have Been A Has Been Than A Never Was Or A Wanna Be "
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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #3 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 10:00am	Print Post
	single trigger.The load data that came with the gun Says barrel was a 1-14 Beuhmiller. Bore is mint and throat looks perfect but its pretty long.Im thinking ig might work with my Eagan 62g tapered bullet breech seated.


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calledflyer Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 3537 Joined: Mar 9^th, 2015	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #4 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 12:24pm	Print Post
	I once owned a high wall in .30 wasp. It was fine shooting jacketed, but I never figured it out with cast. Hope you do much better with that beauty you have.


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #5 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 2:45pm	Print Post
	CBA, which of the 3 or 4 versions of the Wasp do you have? Mine is the last - long body, long neck.


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #6 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 2:53pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on Sep 12^th, 2020 at 2:45pm: CBA, which of the 3 or 4 versions of the Wasp do you have? Mine is the last - long body, long neck. This one


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #7 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 2:55pm	Print Post
	calledflyer wrote on Sep 12^th, 2020 at 12:24pm: I once owned a high wall in .30 wasp. It was fine shooting jacketed, but I never figured it out with cast. Hope you do much better with that beauty you have. My friend competed with the 30 Wasp in the CBA in a big Hall action. He was competitive for quite a while but the 30BR kind of took over and people were figuring other things out and he dropped out when he no longer was winning.


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #8 - Sep 12^th, 2020 at 5:43pm	Print Post
	Mine measures 1.328, 1.477, and 1.934.


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oodmoff Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 276 Location: colorado springs Joined: Jan 12^th, 2009	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #9 - Sep 13^th, 2020 at 3:00pm	Print Post
	Very nice...thanks for sharing


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oneatatime Frequent Elocutionist Online Posts: 3846 Location: Rocky Mountains Joined: Oct 30^th, 2011	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #10 - Sep 15^th, 2020 at 8:24pm	Print Post
	CBA, the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook that has the Sharps on the cover - don't know the year or edition but I bought it new in 1963 - has loads for the Wasp. The "Wildcats" are after the normal rifles. If you don't have that one and are interested I could post a pic of the loads for you.


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Cbashooter Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1567 Location: Eastern Wa. Joined: Mar 31^st, 2018	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #11 - Sep 15^th, 2020 at 9:09pm	Print Post
	oneatatime wrote on Sep 15^th, 2020 at 8:24pm: CBA, the Lyman Cast Bullet Handbook that has the Sharps on the cover - don't know the year or edition but I bought it new in 1963 - has loads for the Wasp. The "Wildcats" are after the normal rifles. If you don't have that one and are interested I could post a pic of the loads for you. Yeah I got that, its the 1st one from around 1958.


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rkba2nd Frequent Elocutionist Offline Posts: 1905 Location: earth Joined: Feb 16^th, 2009	Re: New to me 1885 219 Wasp Reply #12 - Sep 15^th, 2020 at 11:42pm	Print Post
	And it has the nifty fold out photo of cartridges and cast bullets for each. I framed mine years ago to hang in the shop.

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