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Never need to wipe twice with my 10-twist Douglas.

My 38-55 case stretcher conversion came in the mail yesterday. Sometime in the coming weeks I’ll be able to see how long I can make my 38-55 Winchester brass and then I can order a reamer accordingly

Took a break from this for a while. Ordered a doubles 10 twist barrel. I will have to order a reamer soon also.

I tried my case stretcher and it won’t stretch the brass. It just gets Jammed up in the jig. Guess I’ll be shooting the short brass.

Bug Starline. Maybe if enough of us do so they will take a break from running 9mm & .223 cases and make some 'long' 38-55 cases. I need 200 to have enough for the nationals next July.

I was told that starline brass is to thin at the mouth for this plus I already have a few hundred Winchester brass. When we get back from Gettysburg Sunday I will see how much a short case will hold.
With the way I load and my case extension it may not be an issue.

In the shorter brass 53 grains bring the powder right up to the top. With my case extensions I can probably get a couple more and still be able to get the wad in there and compressed. With that being the case I am gong to have to have a reamer cut for the shorter brass.

I'm late to this topic, as I didn't see it previously. Late this summer I bought a .35-40 Remington Rolling Block that has a BW Darr heavy full octagon barrel on it. The barrel is dated in 1974, and that's close to the time Barry Darr was most active making barrels when he worked at Saeco as their mold designer.
I've been trying to make this purchase of the Darr Rolling Block for several years, but covid got in the way. I talked with Barry Darr a couple years ago about this.35-40, and he told me he shot a .35-40 in both bench rest, and schuetzen for many years, and it was his favorite cartridge chambering. Barry was a follower and fan of George C. Schoyen, so his rifling copied that of Schoyen's in the late 1800's.
I think Barry was one of the earliest modern barrel makers to build barrels for the .35-40 cartridge, and much of what you've found out about the chambering, and dies is what he used. Barry passed away less than a year ago, and I wish I'd gotten my Rolling Block sooner so I could have picked his brain about loads, and other things. My rifle came with a Darr mold that was a recut on a smaller old Ideal mold. It drops a .357" bullet that weighs approximately 190 grs. which is heavy enough for typical 200 yd. schuetzen matches.
My rifle is more of a bench rifle without the schuetzen style stocks, and a heavy #4 weight barrel.

You know what twist it is?

ian45662 wrote: ↑Tue Nov 01, 2022 5:57 am You know what twist it is?

Barry marked all his barrel rifling info on the bottom flat. Unfortunately my Roller isn't here presently as I took it to a friend to have a front sight dovetail cut so I can install iron sights on it. When it gets back here in a few days I'll post the twist rate, but hate to trust my memory as to what I think it is.

edit: I found my data sheet where I wrote down the barrel markings! Here it is:

12-10-75, and 1:16" Twist, and .35-40