Is there some 38-40 ammo for cowboy shooting

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Looking for 38-40 ammo or ??
For cowboy shooting (Old gun 700 -800 velocity )
Does anyone know where to get some ?
Ontario or ???
 
I can't recall seeing much if any around, might be better off reloading for that. I do see 44-40 brass and loaded ammo around so you could make 38-40 from that brass if need be I would imagine. Good luck with your search and I will keep an eye out.
 
Cowboy action Shooting is going to be very expensive for you if you rely on factory ammo. Buy a basic reloading kit. It will pay for itself in the long run.
 
Rusty Woods in BC hooked me up fast and affordable. If you send back the brass after he will credit your next purchase. So far shoots perfectly. You must have an 1892?
 
It'll be rare to find any in a local gun shop. You're pretty much going to need to get into reloading if you want to shoot it much at all. And it would be 110% essential if your goal is to use the gun for any cowboy action match shooting.

Rusty Wood has the brass showing as in stock and $48/100 cases. Bullets are also available for $69/500. They don't list them but I know that Rusty is flush on Lee dies and I'll bet that if he does not have the 38-40 WCF dies on shelf that they would not be long in getting them.

My own Rossi clone of an 1892 is one of my favorite guns. And not only for cowboy action. And if red blood flows through your veins I'm sure it'll rapidly become a favorite of yours too. And even if it's over 100 years old the great thing is that the design is SO perfect and the ammo so mild on the action of a rifle that you can shoot such a gun frequently and never need to worry about any strain on it. So it's worth while using this as an excuse to dive in to reloading.
 
I had some old ammo that sold at a show, not that common but simple reloading gear and you r good to go. If you don't reload now, talk to a buddy that does & see if he will help out.( you will need to buy the dies etc). It will let you shoot more and is the only real option if you plan to shoot much.
 
You can try Buffalo Arms in the US.

You will have to import so somebody like Prophet River which my friend has used to deal with Buffalo Arms before (and which has reasonable fees)
will be necessary on this end to get your stuff.

Buffalo Arms reloads and sells cowboy rounds as well if available commercially for just about everything and while there is a cost to import and of course you are dealing with the US dollar (which makes it necessary
to order at one time a good number of rounds to make it worthwhile) the upside is that you get the brass at the end of it to reload.
 
If you do go with reloading 38-40, be aware that both .44-40 and .38-40 brass is very thin and collapses pretty easy if you aren't careful when resizing.

Case life is probably somewhat less than with cartridges like .45 Colt, .38 Special, and .44 Special.

Shipping lead bullets from the Bullet Barn will not be cheap.
 
Milanczar said:
You can try Buffalo Arms in the US.

You will have to import so somebody like Prophet River which my friend has used to deal with Buffalo Arms before (and which has reasonable fees)
will be necessary on this end to get your stuff.

Buffalo Arms reloads and sells cowboy rounds as well if available commercially for just about everything and while there is a cost to import and of course you are dealing with the US dollar (which makes it necessary
to order at one time a good number of rounds to make it worthwhile) the upside is that you get the brass at the end of it to reload.
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You cannot buy BPCR brass from BACO so I doubt that you will be able to order live rds. If you go through a dealer to import, you had better have deep pockets.
 
Sharps '74 said:
You cannot buy BPCR brass from BACO so I doubt that you will be able to order live rds. If you go through a dealer to import, you had better have deep pockets.
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Why can't you order live rounds? You need to go through the import process but I've done it and it is not so bad.

I am talking about $5-1000 worth at a time of course.

There was only a $50 charge to handle/import and a little extra shipping. Took less than 3 months overall.

Depends on who you deal with to import. :)
 
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