M14 Forum

Govtman

Any one ever thought about replacing barrel on Win. 94 with 357 mag and boring to 357 maximum. Any one know of this conversion. Seems like it should work well.

Govtman

cmshoot

I've always thought that a shorty lever gun, either a Win 92 or a Marlin 1894, in .357 Maximum would make a cool packin' rifle.

My only concern would be rather or not the longer Maximum cartridges would feed from the tube and up into the chamber in the short actions of the Win 92 or Marlin 1894. I prefer those 2 for the pistol calibers because of their shorter length and lighter weight.

A Win 94 in .357 Maximum shouldn't be a problem, but if I'm going to use that action then I'll stay with .30-30, or, if I want to jump up to a harder hitting round with a bigger bullet, the .38-55 or .375 Winchester (one of my favorites).

These would be the fellas to ask. http://www.wildwestguns.com/index.html

Talked to them at length in person at the SHOT Show and they were good to go.

Govtman

But I like the idea of using 357 mag. or even 38 spcl. for general plinking and use the 357 max. for hogs/deer. Close to 2000 fps for a 158 hp from a carbine would be strong dose.

Govtman

tacticalrifleman

I would have to check the manuals but I think it might actually be either real close or a little over out of a carbine length barrel. I had a rossi for a while that I shot my hand loaded 125 grain JHP (were zinging alone at 1450 fps out of a four inch revolver) through and although I never got the chance to chrono them going off the data for TC contender 14 inch barrel if I remember right they were going over 2100 fps. The carbine I was shooting had I think an 18 or 20 inch barrel. While I can't say exactly how fast they were going I can say that after shooting a pretty think chunk of steel with it it left a lead colored smear with the revolver, and punched a nice neat hole through one side and made a pretty good sized dent in the other, so the velocity increase was sizable. I would have to assume that if you were shooting the .357 maximum out of a 20 inch barrel that could utilize more of the powder that even with 158 grain bullets it would really close to or over 2000
fps.
On another note I never found a bullet or load that shot well out of the carbine fast, the lighter loads that were around the velocity of the handgun out of the carbine shot okay, but the bullets and twist rate didn't seem to work very well at the velocities I was getting. Hope this experience gives you some help in your endeavor.

dprice3844444

your right in 45/70 fps except the 45/70 is 300 or so grains

cfish

Great round. I had a Thompson contender in 357 max years and years ago and one of the dumbest things I ever did was get rid of it. I took a nice mule deer with it when I lived in Co.