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Offline wganz

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.357 Maximum in a Lever Action
« on: June 19, 2012, 06:54:42 AM »
The .357 Maximum gets a lot of press in this forum for white tail / pig hunting.

Does either the Henry or Rossi '92 have sufficient action length to cycle a .357 Maximum case? Obviously, work on the lifter and other internal parts may be required to get the longer length case to properly feed.

Just thinking at this point.  ;)
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Offline Him

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Re: .357 Maximum in a Lever Action
« Reply #1 on: June 19, 2012, 09:01:40 AM »
My guess is that you could "work on the lifter and other internal parts" all you wanted, but if the bolt doesn't move far enough to the rear to clear the cartridge to lift up in line with the chamber, you are SOL.


If I am all wet, someone will be along directly to point that out.
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Offline kid_couteau

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Re: .357 Maximum in a Lever Action
« Reply #2 on: June 19, 2012, 09:39:49 AM »
What if you used a Marlin 336 and rebarrelled it with a 357 Max barrel

That should allow the bolt to go back far enough.

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Re: .357 Maximum in a Lever Action
« Reply #3 on: June 24, 2012, 02:36:05 AM »
If you go to a 336 you'll have to consider an alteration of the bolt face.  30-30 is larger dia rim than 357 max.  Perhaps you'd like to read the discussion on MarlinOwners.com
These questions are probably already answered there.  The real (practical) answer to your question is probably a 336 in 35 Rem.  rp
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