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    .38-55 Winchester-Ron Johnson 

    Published on 10-24-2014 08:02 PM  Number of Views: 12168 

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    .38-55 Winchester
     FIREARM  RIFLES
     LEAD TYPE   wheel weight water d
     CALIBER TYPE   38-55
     RATING   0
     LEAD SIZE   255
     POWDER TYPE   reloader 7
     POWDER AMOUNT   25 grs
     PRIMER   Fed large rifle primer
     BRASS   winchester
     BARREL LENGTH   28 in
     F.P.S   1700 plus
     GROUP SIZE   1 in at 100yds
     OVERALL LENGTH   2 1/2 in
     GUN DETAILS   H&R 1871 in 38-55
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  I size the bullets to .380and they shoot great out to 200 yds. its my long range deer rifle.My last deer I took was at 165 yds with this load with iron sights. this is a very great deer load.
     SUBMITTED ON   25 Dec 2009
     SUBMITTED BY   Ron Johnson

    .38-55 Winchester-Jerry 

    Published on 10-24-2014 08:01 PM  Number of Views: 11997 

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    .38-55 Winchester
     FIREARM  RIFLES
     LEAD TYPE   # 2 Alloy
     CALIBER TYPE   .38-55 WCF
     RATING   10
     LEAD SIZE   250
     POWDER TYPE   Unique
     POWDER AMOUNT   8 grains
     PRIMER   CCI Benchrest
     BRASS   Winchester
     BARREL LENGTH   22"
     F.P.S   Unk. Low pressure
     GROUP SIZE   Less than 1" at 50 yds
     OVERALL LENGTH   Fact. specs.
     GUN DETAILS   Win. Model 94 and H&R single shot target rifle.
     OTHER DESCRIPTION  This is a very mild load that I have shot for years without any problems. Even increasing to 9 grains Unique is no problem and cases last forever.
     SUBMITTED ON   06 Oct 2006
     SUBMITTED BY   Jerry

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BP Bronze Point IMR Improved Military Rifle PTD Pointed
BR Bench Rest M Magnum RN Round Nose
BT Boat Tail PL Power-Lokt SP Soft Point
C Compressed Charge PR Primer SPCL Soft Point "Core-Lokt"
HP Hollow Point PSPCL Pointed Soft Point "Core Lokt" C.O.L. Cartridge Overall Length
PSP Pointed Soft Point Spz Spitzer Point SBT Spitzer Boat Tail
LRN Lead Round Nose LWC Lead Wad Cutter LSWC Lead Semi Wad Cutter
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