1894 44-56 wild cat


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PostPosted: Wed Sep 28, 2016 10:06 pm
been working on this conversion for some time now and today was a great day for testing
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wow...

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This is my 1894 that I'm calling my "TestGun" Loaded another 50 rounds this evening .I'm going to start
with paper at 100 yds for group with both Black & Smokeless..We will see what how she does!

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This is the tool I made for pulling the barrels ! she works well ....Ol Deuce

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Deuce, you have a gaggle of needful talents. Very impressive in all fields you have posted.
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Thanks Red Ryder!! To much time on my hands and my mind wonders ya know !! got to keep on track!!
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Ya know nothing is completely New this day and age ! The .44 Van Houten Super came tobe a Wild cat Before Marlin introduced the .444 in 1964. Van Houten used the 30-40
Krag Brass , I had no Idea this was was done in the late '50s very early '60s. Van Houten cut the brass down to 2''
and opened it to .44 .He used this in the Marlin 336 & 1894 Winchesters. Not sure of the loads he used in the .44VH
but this sure gave me some insight on my .44-56 Roll Eyes
It's a great feeling to know that it really does work well!!

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Getting set-up to shoot today :lol:
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got to get a heaver bullet ...to much charge for the 200 & 220gr. cast lead!!!
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PostPosted: Thu Oct 27, 2016 9:31 pm
Just put a coat of black oil stain on the butt stock to match the forearm wood !!!! Ol Deuce
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The black did good and the paste wax also did good!! I'll post a picture tomorrow if I can get on photobucket LoL...........Ol Deuce
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ready to do more testing on this ol'girl................Ol Deuce
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:D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: this is huge lol...... :idea:
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Ok I did some testing this afternoon and it's getting there!!!! she needs a heavy bullet so I ordered a
310 gr gc for her. we will see how this goes..... Ol Deuce

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I was seated :D :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ...and off hand ......Ol Deuce
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Well yesterday I ordered a 310gr GC mold from LEE......the heavier bullet should bring my group closer!
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and it did!!! :o :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol: ........Ol Deuce
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This is my 1894 44-56wc :roll: :lol: :lol: .............Ol Deuce
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:lol: :lol: found a guy to do my old 1894 octagon barrel ! we are going to make a 44-56 out of it!
going to speed up the twist to 1:18 rather than the 1:38 as in the 20'' barrel! ;) going for distance
with this 26'' barrel !!1 if that works out than we go to Green Mountain and get a custom 32'' barrel made
:mrgreen: always fun to dream ..... but it all usually comes to be !!!! Ol Deuce

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Quick report .......the old barrel was soft in the middle...Hmmmm......So She will get a liner ! It will be way better this way!!!...It won't be long now :roll: I HOPE..... 8-) Ol Deuce
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PostPosted: Thu Dec 22, 2016 7:07 pm
Perfect timing......UPS just dropped off my Barrel from Taylor Machine in Washington. WoW He did a super job for me ! you can't tell it has been lined :o :D :D :roll: So maybe right after Christmas Me and my ream
will put the cuts to this barrel!!! ..............we did a 1:18 twist :roll:
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PostPosted: Sun Mar 05, 2017 10:02 pm
The barrel that came before Xmas is now chambered and installed in my ol' 1894 Winchester! Saturday I finished up with all the odds & ends and fired her off :-) she did wonderful The bullet went in the direction the barrel was pointed TGFT!!
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Both are now 44-56WC

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PostPosted: Sun Mar 12, 2017 7:18 am
Ol Deuce that is a beautiful pair of 1894s ya have there pardner!
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ColdWarGrunt wrote:Ol Deuce that is a beautiful pair of 1894s ya have there pardner!


Thank you Sir!!! ;)

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