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Offline monkeyboy

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Re: It's almost Christmas, I'm tired of doom and gloom. Let's have some fun.
« Reply #20 on: December 30, 2012, 05:18:37 AM »
Brian,You're really gonna like that 38-55.I've got one in a Marlin Cowboy.Works great with a cast bullet and a small charge of 4759.----Mike.

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Re: It's almost Christmas, I'm tired of doom and gloom. Let's have some fun.
« Reply #21 on: December 30, 2012, 10:06:15 AM »
They don't anymore, but the Cowboy model used to be available in 38-55.  Mine is actually a rebore job from here:

http://35caliber.com/
Interesting..  Do you know the process they use?  Pull barrel then button rifle followed by rechamber??
~1522~    In an effort to reduce the continuing fear surrounding the black magic of guns and black powder, a Bavarian necromancer states that rifles are more accurate than smoothbores because the spinning bullet doesn't allow a demon to gain purchase upon it.

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Re: It's almost Christmas, I'm tired of doom and gloom. Let's have some fun.
« Reply #22 on: December 30, 2012, 10:52:38 AM »
Interesting..  Do you know the process they use?  Pull barrel then button rifle followed by rechamber??

I'm not sure, but they come highly recommended by the guys at the Marlin owners forum.