sestoppelman
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Been looking for years for the right deal to come along and it finally did. Havent shot it yet but with a good bore, tight muzzle and sweet trigger I should be able to hit the target.
Model 1895 Winchester in .35 Winchester. Always been a fan of the '95, my first was a Krag some years ago, sold to a buddy who passed away a few years ago, and sold all his guns beforehand.
This rifle made in 1903 has a 24" barrel with a 1-12 twist as measured by a tight patch on a cleaning rod, so should handle whatever bullets I want to shoot in it. I have on a hand a good supply of weights from 200-250 of various brands.
It came with the hard to find and expensive Lyman 21 ( Climbin Lyman ) rear sight and an oddball front sight in the dovetail that rotates from an ivory bead to a tiny little almost Barleycorn post that can hardly be seen!
Seems to function properly, feeds, extracts and ejects with alacrity.
I have a sizing die coming from Midway, bullets can be seated with my Whelen die so dont need a full set. Good thing too, also very hard to find.
Picture shows two rounds of Win, one current made factory round RN, and one handload with Hornady 200 gr FTX bullet, alongside one Whelen on the right for comparison.
Grafs had two bags of brass from Quality Cartridge so snagged them.
Being a very old rifle I have no intentions of trying to "hoss" it up. In a new rifle it could be loaded to about equal the .348 Winchester but I plan to keep loads down around .35 Remington levels, perhaps a tad more.
Model 1895 Winchester in .35 Winchester. Always been a fan of the '95, my first was a Krag some years ago, sold to a buddy who passed away a few years ago, and sold all his guns beforehand.
This rifle made in 1903 has a 24" barrel with a 1-12 twist as measured by a tight patch on a cleaning rod, so should handle whatever bullets I want to shoot in it. I have on a hand a good supply of weights from 200-250 of various brands.
It came with the hard to find and expensive Lyman 21 ( Climbin Lyman ) rear sight and an oddball front sight in the dovetail that rotates from an ivory bead to a tiny little almost Barleycorn post that can hardly be seen!
Seems to function properly, feeds, extracts and ejects with alacrity.
I have a sizing die coming from Midway, bullets can be seated with my Whelen die so dont need a full set. Good thing too, also very hard to find.
Picture shows two rounds of Win, one current made factory round RN, and one handload with Hornady 200 gr FTX bullet, alongside one Whelen on the right for comparison.
Grafs had two bags of brass from Quality Cartridge so snagged them.
Being a very old rifle I have no intentions of trying to "hoss" it up. In a new rifle it could be loaded to about equal the .348 Winchester but I plan to keep loads down around .35 Remington levels, perhaps a tad more.
