.38-50 caliber ammunition

Lonewolf38069

any ideas where I can find .38-50 ammo ?

shooter93

Old West Scrounger and you can probably get brass from Buffalo Arms. Both have web sites.

Bert H.

I doubt that anyone has 38-50 Ballard cartridges! The 38-50 was replaced with the 38-55 in the early 1880s. If you truly have a Ballard rifle chambered for 38-50, you can make new cases by trimming .2 inches off of a 38-55 case.

bigcountry_75214

There is a bunch for sale on THIS site. Did a search for 38-55 and at least 12 came up. Good luck.[:p] Sorry. Thought I read .38-55.[:o)]

Iconoclast

Lonewolf - which flavor of .38-50? While the .38-50 Ballard had its time in the sun, my first thought would be the Remington-Hepburn cartridge. There was also a .38-50 Maynard M1882 (the only model of Maynard cartridges which don't look as though Rube Goldberg had a hand in the design).

Lonewolf38069

Iconoclast - It's a .38-50 Marlin Ballard rifle. Thanks, Lonewolfquote:Originally posted by Iconoclast
Lonewolf - which flavor of .38-50? While the .38-50 Ballard had its time in the sun, my first thought would be the Remington-Hepburn cartridge. There was also a .38-50 Maynard M1882 (the only model of Maynard cartridges which don't look as though Rube Goldberg had a hand in the design).

Lonewolf38069

Thanks for the information - will .38-55 dies work after I've trimmed the .2" off ? quote:Originally posted by Bert H.
I doubt that anyone has 38-50 Ballard cartridges! The 38-50 was replaced with the 38-55 in the early 1880s. If you truly have a Ballard rifle chambered for 38-50, you can make new cases by trimming .2 inches off of a 38-55 case.

joel_black

Yes, they'll work fine, but you first should measure a soft lead slug passed through your bore. You may need a larger expander plug.