Where to find 38-55 ammo?

Erickson5006 said:
Well, reloading isn't in my near future. I just wanna smack a couple deer with the wall hanger. If I end up likening it better than the 308, I'll have to think about reloading
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fair enough, with that sort of mentality as in to compare it with a 308, you'll likely only 'smack a couple deer with it' .... but if you view it as an alternative to the 308 , then you'll be asking reloading questions soon

dont do what everyone Else does.. make Threads like this and NEVER EVER post a photo or report of the hunt when you 'smack a couple deer' with it

that ####s g - hey
 
The newer Winchester stuff is loaded with .375 dia. bullets which in my experience shoots poorly in the older rifles with bores around .381. I have picked up several boxes of the old Dominion and Imperial stuff at gunshows. Much better in the old timers in my opinion.
 
RELOAD :) Cast- Any size you want, almost. cheap, knocks em flat.


love love love the 38/55s and 375 winch line up- just wish all you blokes who own them, would hunt them more an post photos and someone neeeeds to do a video about hunting with the 38/55 atleast.

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Mike Webb said:
The newer Winchester stuff is loaded with .375 dia. bullets which in my experience shoots poorly in the older rifles with bores around .381. I have picked up several boxes of the old Dominion and Imperial stuff at gunshows. Much better in the old timers in my opinion.
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Right you are on the ole Dominion ammo. Good stuff, but the gunshow folks seam to want a ton of money for it. At least it is the correct bullet diameter, not .375.
 
Believe it or not, I have a full box of 50 of those
original JSPFN CIL 255 grain bullets for reloading.
They mike at .3770" just right for my M94 repro.
Dave.
 
My com. 94 (Sask. Jubilee )wouldn't shoot .375 or .377 worth a damn, 4" at 100 YD. was about as good as it got, but .379 wouldn't chamber. However my #22### (circa 1895) easily will chamber .379 and groups 1.5" ( .377 WW cast "upped" to .379 with powder coat )...it will be next years "deer taker".
 
My Grandfather's 1894 is .380 with a worn/tired bore .Cast didn't pan out so I'll need to either retire it or find some .379-.380 jacketed bullets.I am looking into making bullets using .223 brass as the jackets.I have a 100 or so old CIL bullets as well.
 
fingers284 said:
Here's some #'s for you to ponder that may help. With factory ammo at $2.80-$3.00 each, reloading might be attractive for you if you shoot any amount over 4 or 5 rounds to check POA before a deer season & then 2 or 3 rounds during the season. I can load 38-55 with hard cast commercially bought bullets for about $.70 apiece or with home-cast slugs for $.30 apiece. ( 45-70 is about $.80 and $.35 respectively). A very capable reloading system that will make very quality rounds can be rounded up for $200 or so and enough components to load 200 rounds can be had for another $150 (of course using fired brass).

So you could load your first 200 rounds for $350 bucks compared to 200 factory rounds at upwards of $600. You break even on your loading system purchase at the first 120 rounds or so and your system is amortized down with every round after that.
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What he said. I'm up to ears in cheap 38-55 ammo I cast and reload myself.
 
I collector auction in Canada often have ammo in 35/55 ,bid often. New starline FULL length cases are thinner at the neck and may fit .379 bullet. Chambers and bores are all over the ice.
New Marlin (1990s) have tight chambers and large bores. Pedersolie rolling blocks chamber and shoot perfectly. H and R handie rifles have short chambers. Brand new Mirouko Winchester 94 fit the rounds but rifling may be better for .375 to .377 bullets.
It is a challenge to get one to shoot well, you will not be bored, frustrated maybe ,never bored.
PS; There is more mis information on 38/55 then in news papers.
 
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