2013年11月5日 · A 38-55 255 grain Barnes JSPFP bullet has higher sectional density. In my 28 inch Winchester 94 it gives 1871 fps with 35 grains of IMR-3031 and CCI 200 primers. Still doing 1360 fps at 230 yards, only down a foot when sighted 3.3" high at 80 yards, on at 150 yards and has 1050 ft-lbs of energy.

2018年7月10日 · Those changes allow a .38-55 cartridge to be safely fired in a .375 Win. They also allow a .375 Win to be safely fired in a .38-55 as the shorter 2.020” 375 Win case and smaller .375 Win bullet allows the undersized bullet to slide through the .375” land diameter in the .38-55 bore without exceeding the .38-55 pressure limits.

2018年11月14日 · Luckily I got a little over 50 rounds of 375 ammo with it. Anyway, I’ve been researching less expensive ammo to do a little pleasure shooting with and the prospect of shooting all lead 38-55 rounds in it comes up. In fact one company swears its perfectly safe to use their 38-55 ammo in a rifle chambered for 375 Win.

2013年6月30日 · The 38/55 case (new)is 2.085 and (old and Starline long)is 2.125 inches. That extra length along with an over sized bullett might cause some trouble. As a side note.

2022年12月12日 · Bullet diameter and groove diameter are discussed. Of more concern in this article is brass length and thickness. It appears thick brass in the past has led to chambering problems. Article is from Starline Brass stipulating two lengths of brass and thinner made brass for the 38-55 WCF. Hope this helps. Mic McPherson on the 38-55 WCF

2021年4月19日 · Definitely find some Starline 38-55 brass with the thin .007” neck wall thickness. Winchester brass has 010” wall thickness. This will solve the problem mentioned above where a .381 bullet plus two .010 neck walls equals about .401”, larger than the 38-55 chamber neck at about .396” Starline brass loaded with a .381” bullet will be 0. ...

2014年8月20日 · The 38.55 with factory suffers from the older guns around and reduced loads. A new rifle in 38.55 is much different, but still not to the levels of the .375. I should edit to add circa around 1900 the 38.55 was considered a target rifle.

2008年4月25日 · 38-55 Ammo seems to be seasonal but where I am there seems to be a good deal of 375 Winchester ammo. Also, the factory offerings of 38-55 (Winchester load) is pretty anemic (1300fps with a 255gr). The reload manuals show upwards of 1900fps with this bullet in the 38-55. I intend to use this rifle for proper hunting, not cowboy plinking.

2024年3月6日 · I don't know how common the octagon barrel with button magazine is but I've seen a few for sale. I have one in .25-35 and a round barrel/button mag in .38-55. They're my favorite configuration with the 26" barrel. Cabelas has this round barrel .38-55 for $1400 (marked down from $2300) for comparison

2023年3月18日 · The new production .38-55 ammo also used a .3775” bullet to go with the smaller .3775” bores used in the new rifles, along with the “short“ 2.080” .38-55 case. Those new .38-55 dimensions made it possible to fire the new .38-55 …