.40-60 cases.

[mazperks]

Hi all, still after some 40-60 Win. brass for my (obsolete cal.) Whitney lever rifle. for display purpose only not firing.
Had no luck last time I asked but you never know. Someone might still be shooting it and have unusable cases.
Seems re loaders use a necked down .45-70.
It would be really nice to see the old girl load and cycle after 150 years.
Hope someone can help,
Thanks Ian.

 

[kenbro]

Hi all, still after some 40-60 Win. brass for my (obsolete cal.) Whitney lever rifle. for display purpose only not firing.
Had no luck last time I asked but you never know. Someone might still be shooting it and have unusable cases.
Seems re loaders use a necked down .45-70.
It would be really nice to see the old girl load and cycle after 150 years.
Hope someone can help,
Thanks Ian.

Henry Krank has these.
Ken.

 

[mazperks]

Thanks Ken, they have some in stock, they are usually on back order.

 

[Sinistral]

Hi all, still after some 40-60 Win. brass for my (obsolete cal.) Whitney lever rifle. for display purpose only not firing.
Had no luck last time I asked but you never know. Someone might still be shooting it and have unusable cases.
Seems re loaders use a necked down .45-70.
It would be really nice to see the old girl load and cycle after 150 years.
Hope someone can help,
Thanks Ian.

As I recall this, your previous search was fruitless because no-one was quite sure which .40-60 your Whitney was chambered for.

M

Thread '40-60 Brass'

Aug 9, 2024

Hi I've recently acquired a 40-60 lever rifle, and being obsolete cal, I am looking for some inert rounds just for cycling in the action.
So if anyone has any cases no longer suitable for reloading to sell, they would be ideal for display purposes,
obviously I would need some bullets as well but the brass is the main requirement.
Thanks if anyone can help with this.
Regards Ian.

• mazperks
• Replies: 16
• Forum: Ammunition, Reloading & Ballistics

I've acquired a much better reference source than Donnelly's 'Handbook of Cartridge Conversions' now.
If you can confirm which of these two candidates will definitely fit, post a detailed Want Ad in Classifieds where you should get more success.

 

[mazperks]

Its definitely the .40-60 winchester, (bottle necked), the 40-60 Marlin is straight walled.