Gentlemen:

Thanks to you all for the replies. Terry, thanks for the welcome. I am doing quite a bit better and am beginning to have something of a life.

The point of this exercise is the possibility of deer hunting in Indiana, where they only allow shotguns or pistol caliber rifles. I happen to have a Marlin 94 in .38-40 which fits the rules. The bore is pretty rough and I expect there would be issues with cast bullets, which is why I was looking for jacketed bullets. I have had the offer of the loan of a mold, so I might try cast bullets anyway.

.40 caliber bullets do work in the rifle just fine, but I wonder if the pistol bullets offered would hold up when meeting a deer at 1500 fps. Do any of you have any experience with this?

Thanks to all,

Glenn


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