02 October 2006, 23:35
jimatcatm94 in 357 herret????
i took a 94 winchester iin 30/30 in on trade...looks good, but the bore is really rough, pitted.... gun was mmade in mid 1980's.... i shoot a 357 herret in my 10" t/c contender... and often wondered what it would do in rifle... anybody done this????....
02 October 2006, 23:49
popenmannDunno if it would feed without modification. How 'bout a 30/30 necked up to 35? Simple, should feed, would need custom dies though.
Some rough bores will shoot OK. Try it before you condemn it.
03 October 2006, 01:15
jimatcati've already shot it... that's the reason for a re-barrel..18" groups at 50 yds ..and as i have a t/c in 357 herrett with a great 200 gr load, 100+ loaded rounds, 100+ fireformed cases, rcbs dies, i thought why not???
03 October 2006, 08:54
nordrsetaGuess it would be no trick to chamber a single shot for the Herrett but a ruined 30 WCF tube would have to be set back something like an inch before reboring and rerifling. Then a fella would have to shorten the magazine tube and dink around with relocating the barrel band (or shortening the foreend). That would make popenmann's idea for a 35/30 much more practical. If you intend to simply rebarrel then ask your leversmith if there is any risk the shorter cartridge will present any feeding problems. If the 35/30 roughly matches the 35 Remington then the smaller Herrett ought to deliver a little less juice. Might be fun to play with if money is no object, but it will be cheaper to have Fox Ridge build you a 24 inch barrel for your Contender.
04 October 2006, 09:43
Alberta CanuckOr you might consider rebarreling or relining it to some other fun cartridge which is still made and will work through the action with no problems...like the .25-35.
The little .25-35 is a grand cartridge to teach the kids, grandkids, neices or nephews with, is a great little all-round woods-loafer's plinker, and believe it or not, pure death on white-tailed and black-tailed deer with factory equivalent 117 gr. bullets..