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So my fishing guide in Maine just got him a Marlin .356 Winchester. Since brass and ammo is hard to find I read you can make the brass from .444 Marlin. Well as I am currently waiting for a load of .444 Marlin brass to get here I found 3 pieces of .444 Marlin in my stash. The rest is history.

After 3 passes thru the FL sizer and trimmed this is the result. I seated and crimped Hornady 200 grain bullets in 2 empty hulls and kept the 3rd as a sample case.

Before I mail these up to Maine to see if they will properly chamber (and they should because the FL size die finished forming them)- is there anybody in Middle Tennessee available to help a brotha out to see if these will properly chamber? They are blank rounds. No primer or powder. Muchas gracias.
 
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Bad habit said:
So my fishing guide in Maine just got him a Marlin .356 Winchester. Since brass and ammo is hard to find I read you can make the brass from .444 Marlin. Well as I am currently waiting for a load of .444 Marlin brass to get here I found 3 pieces of .444 Marlin in my stash. The rest is history.

After 3 passes thru the FL sizer and trimmed this is the result. I seated and crimped Hornady 200 grain bullets in 2 empty hulls and kept the 3rd as a sample case.

Before I mail these up to Maine to see if they will properly chamber (and they should because the FL size die finished forming them)- is there anybody in Middle Tennessee available to help a brotha out to see if these will properly chamber? They are blank rounds. No primer or powder. Muchas gracias.
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Not close enough to help you out. I have a 94 in 356. It miight have to be fire formed and trimmed again. I'm fortunate enough to have several hundred 356 factory cases. Are you using Hornady FTX bullets?
 
Bad habit said:
Hornady 200 grain RN. The cases are on their way to Maine for function check.
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Gotcha. I know the FTX calls for a shorter case length. Winchester engineers advised against using anything other than flat nosed bullets. They feared primers being ignited in the magazine because of the recoil.
 
Gav-n-Tn said:
Gotcha. I know the FTX calls for a shorter case length. Winchester engineers advised against using anything other than flat nosed bullets. They feared primers being ignited in the magazine because of the recoil.
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Related to that- wasn't that one of the advantages of the Leverloution ammo, with the polymer tips? You could put pointed projectiles in a tubular magazine?
 
Savage said:
Related to that- wasn't that one of the advantages of the Leverloution ammo, with the polymer tips? You could put pointed projectiles in a tubular magazine?
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I think so. You could run any .358 bullet that would allow proper COAL by running one in the chamber and one in the mag if you're good with just 2 rounds.
 
Just seen this. Not sure where in middle Tn you are. I am in Dickson and you are welcome to come check them or even shoot them. The biggest problem I have with reloaded 356 is that they need a heavy crimp. If not the rounds in the tube will put back in the cases.
 
44 mag said:
Just seen this. Not sure where in middle Tn you are. I am in Dickson and you are welcome to come check them or even shoot them. The biggest problem I have with reloaded 356 is that they need a heavy crimp. If not the rounds in the tube will put back in the cases.
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They formed brass fit his chamber great. The ones loaded with a 200gr. Hornady RN would also chamber but not cycle thru the magazine due to length. I have since ordered some Speer 180 grain bullets that are supposed to work. UPS won't deliver them to me until the roads clear. Since the previously formed brass chambered I have since formed 200 more .444 hulls. I will load 5 live test rounds and mail them to him next week.
 
Bad habit said:
They formed brass fit his chamber great. The ones loaded with a 200gr. Hornady RN would also chamber but not cycle thru the magazine due to length. I have since ordered some Speer 180 grain bullets that are supposed to work. UPS won't deliver them to me until the roads clear. Since the previously formed brass chambered I have since formed 200 more .444 hulls. I will load 5 live test rounds and mail them to him next week.
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That Speer 180gr FN is the bullet I have currently along with some OEM 250gr. Speer discontinued the 220gr but, FYI, Fury bullets makes a 220gr FN bonded bullet.
 
Gav-n-Tn said:
Not close enough to help you out. I have a 94 in 356. It miight have to be fire formed and trimmed again. I'm fortunate enough to have several hundred 356 factory cases. Are you using Hornady FTX bullets?
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I've recently acquired a 356 and have 22 rounds for it. Where is the best place to look for casings I can reload? I've been looking at making my own brass, but I'd rather use 356 brass to reload.
 
Bwhnt86 said:
I've recently acquired a 356 and have 22 rounds for it. Where is the best place to look for casings I can reload? I've been looking at making my own brass, but I'd rather use 356 brass to reload.
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Send me a pm with a phone number and we can talk.
 
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Bad habit said:
They formed brass fit his chamber great. The ones loaded with a 200gr. Hornady RN would also chamber but not cycle thru the magazine due to length. I have since ordered some Speer 180 grain bullets that are supposed to work. UPS won't deliver them to me until the roads clear. Since the previously formed brass chambered I have since formed 200 more .444 hulls. I will load 5 live test rounds and mail them to him next week.
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Do you mind telling us where you found the 180 grain Speers? I love that bullet in my 35 Remington.
 
Derek said:
Do you

Do you mind telling us where you found the 180 grain Speers? I love that bullet in my 35 Remington.
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I just saw you didn't get a reply. They make them in runs I believe. Catch them when they're making a run and get what you need. You can buy them direct from Speer but they're kind of proud of them. Contact Speer and see when the next run is if you can't find them available. Search for them using Speer's item number.
 
Sorry I didnt respond. I just didn't follow the thread. I believe I had found them at Midway. Guess I timed it just right in getting them.
 

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