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**Mike Irwin** · March 19, 2005, 10:22 AM

I still see .38-55 fairly regularly at gun shows, Art.

But, you're not looking for .38-55 ammo, the Lightning rifle was never chambered for that round.

You're looking for .38-56, which is a shorter, bottlenecked round based on the .45-70 case necked down, and which can be quite a bit harder to find.

I've never seen a box of this at a gunshow that hasn't been very expensive -- collector ammo.

However, someone posted links for finding obsolete ammo in another thread in this forum in the last couple of days.

March 19, 2005, 10:22 AM	#5
Mike Irwin Staff Join Date: April 13, 2000 Location: Northern Virginia Posts: 41,390	I still see .38-55 fairly regularly at gun shows, Art. But, you're not looking for .38-55 ammo, the Lightning rifle was never chambered for that round. You're looking for .38-56, which is a shorter, bottlenecked round based on the .45-70 case necked down, and which can be quite a bit harder to find. I've never seen a box of this at a gunshow that hasn't been very expensive -- collector ammo. However, someone posted links for finding obsolete ammo in another thread in this forum in the last couple of days. __________________ "The gift which I am sending you is called a dog, and is in fact the most precious and valuable possession of mankind" -Theodorus Gaza Baby Jesus cries when the fat redneck doesn't have military-grade firepower.