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been working on this conversion for some time now and today was a great day for testing




Ol Deuce

wow...

This is my 1894 that I'm calling my "TestGun" Loaded another 50 rounds this evening .I'm going to start
with paper at 100 yds for group with both Black & Smokeless..We will see what how she does!

Ol Deuce

This is the tool I made for pulling the barrels ! she works well ....Ol Deuce

Deuce, you have a gaggle of needful talents. Very impressive in all fields you have posted.

Thanks Red Ryder!! To much time on my hands and my mind wonders ya know !! got to keep on track!!
Ol Deuce

Ya know nothing is completely New this day and age ! The .44 Van Houten Super came tobe a Wild cat Before Marlin introduced the .444 in 1964. Van Houten used the 30-40
Krag Brass , I had no Idea this was was done in the late '50s very early '60s. Van Houten cut the brass down to 2''
and opened it to .44 .He used this in the Marlin 336 & 1894 Winchesters. Not sure of the loads he used in the .44VH
but this sure gave me some insight on my .44-56 Roll Eyes
It's a great feeling to know that it really does work well!!

Ol Deuce

Getting set-up to shoot today

got to get a heaver bullet ...to much charge for the 200 & 220gr. cast lead!!!

Just put a coat of black oil stain on the butt stock to match the forearm wood !!!! Ol Deuce

The black did good and the paste wax also did good!! I'll post a picture tomorrow if I can get on photobucket LoL...........Ol Deuce

ready to do more testing on this ol'girl................Ol Deuce

Ok I did some testing this afternoon and it's getting there!!!! she needs a heavy bullet so I ordered a
310 gr gc for her. we will see how this goes..... Ol Deuce

I was seated ...and off hand ......Ol Deuce

Well yesterday I ordered a 310gr GC mold from LEE......the heavier bullet should bring my group closer!
................Ol Deuce

and it did!!! ........Ol Deuce

This is my 1894 44-56wc .............Ol Deuce

found a guy to do my old 1894 octagon barrel ! we are going to make a 44-56 out of it!
going to speed up the twist to 1:18 rather than the 1:38 as in the 20'' barrel! going for distance
with this 26'' barrel !!1 if that works out than we go to Green Mountain and get a custom 32'' barrel made
always fun to dream ..... but it all usually comes to be !!!! Ol Deuce

................44-56

Quick report .......the old barrel was soft in the middle...Hmmmm......So She will get a liner ! It will be way better this way!!!...It won't be long now I HOPE..... Ol Deuce

Perfect timing......UPS just dropped off my Barrel from Taylor Machine in Washington. WoW He did a super job for me ! you can't tell it has been lined So maybe right after Christmas Me and my ream
will put the cuts to this barrel!!! ..............we did a 1:18 twist


Ol Deuce

The barrel that came before Xmas is now chambered and installed in my ol' 1894 Winchester! Saturday I finished up with all the odds & ends and fired her off she did wonderful The bullet went in the direction the barrel was pointed TGFT!!


Both are now 44-56WC

Ol Deuce

Ol Deuce that is a beautiful pair of 1894s ya have there pardner!

ColdWarGrunt wrote:Ol Deuce that is a beautiful pair of 1894s ya have there pardner!

Thank you Sir!!!

Ol Deuce