Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
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Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
How many out there shooting a '95 in any caliber? Packing one around just begs me to whack off the mag box and make it a two or three shooter to better the balance, But, oh my goodness, I love shooting the thing! I really like the narrow forearm and the iron sights on this Browning. Grade I with high grade wood, 4# trigger and a real Winchester, red, hard rubber pad.
I have 73s, '92s and '86s but have to say this is my favorite lever gun to actually shoot.
200 yard pop cans are in serious trouble with this guy!
Fun that it so easily pushes a 300g round nose at 2300fps+ with a better s.d. while a poor old worn out .405 is only hitting 2200 fps with a 300g bullet.
The .375/06 is the gun Teddy should have had in Africa
I have 73s, '92s and '86s but have to say this is my favorite lever gun to actually shoot.
200 yard pop cans are in serious trouble with this guy!
Fun that it so easily pushes a 300g round nose at 2300fps+ with a better s.d. while a poor old worn out .405 is only hitting 2200 fps with a 300g bullet.
The .375/06 is the gun Teddy should have had in Africa
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
I have one in 30-06 made by Browning. It is one of my more accurate leverguns I own. Milk jugs at 150 yards can be hit off hand consistanly. I have problems at 225 yards hitting them though. The 1895 just naturaly hangs on the shoulder .
Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Mine was a Browning 30/06 that Dick Nickle rebored for me 15 years ago to 375 Scovill.
I forget to shoot it often enough and when I do it is easy to remember just how much fun and how accurate it is.
I forget to shoot it often enough and when I do it is easy to remember just how much fun and how accurate it is.
Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Mine is a Browning in .30-40. It is SLICK and was from the get go. I can work around the box. Great gun!!!
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Mine is a Browning that I had rebored and rechambered to 38-72 Win.
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
My only '95 is a 1924 vintage .30-06 carbine, but I need another in .35 WCF. Maybe one can be found with a worn bore and it can be re-bored. The idea of a .35 carbine piques my interest ever so slightly.
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
35 WCF? Now that would be fun! 38/72? That is unusual. Why a 38/72?
30/40? The old standard and a great one at that!
30/40? The old standard and a great one at that!
Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
I actually collect the silly things...I'm shooting .405, 40-72, 38-72, 35 Win, and .303Brit. I don't know why they've hung on me so hard, but there you have it. They are a little "nontraditional" from a purely leveraction standpoint. But they do handle wonderfully once you get used to them. The .35 Win is a great round. IMO probably has the most potential of the lot, for North American game. But the .405 has a sweet spot reserved in my heart. My .303B is hands down the most accurate.
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
I'm still seriously kicking around the idea of having my '06 Browning '95 rebarreled, I don't know of a good reboring smith (any suggestions would be welcome) to 35 Whelan. A ".375/06" is the same as the .375 Whelan, a pretty well thought of wildcat among Alaskan hunters, but I'd have to have a set of dies made and I'm not too sure about other changes to the gun itself.
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Wacking off the box magazine? This whole thread is blasphemy.It makes me want to throw up!
Teddy is rolling over in his grave as well as JMB.
The rifle is PERFECT JUST THE WAY IT IS!!!!!!!!
Go buy a Ruger #1 and leave the 95 alone.
Teddy is rolling over in his grave as well as JMB.
The rifle is PERFECT JUST THE WAY IT IS!!!!!!!!
Go buy a Ruger #1 and leave the 95 alone.
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Mine's a Browning in .30-06 with an XS ramp front and a Marble's tang sight. With the right loads it can do 2.25" 200 yard groups. The magazine is fine. It's been my favorite game gun for the last nine years.
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RDB,
Sounds as you hit a nerve. I do not like them either:
Sounds as you hit a nerve. I do not like them either:
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Such a very amazing link!Hobie wrote:Mine is a Browning in .30-40. It is SLICK and was from the get go. I can work around the box. Great gun!!!
Thanks you for the post.
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
Good morning
Mine is a caliber .30 Gov from 1903. It is with while my other stuff in storage so I do not have a picture to post.
But it is the 28" barrel model and needs a .315 cast bullet to fill a slightly eroded throat. I may get to pop a coyotee someday but so far when it is with me I cannot get a shot. Deer would be no effort BUT the state of ILL does not permit it and I do all that with a recurve anyway...
Mine is a caliber .30 Gov from 1903. It is with while my other stuff in storage so I do not have a picture to post.
But it is the 28" barrel model and needs a .315 cast bullet to fill a slightly eroded throat. I may get to pop a coyotee someday but so far when it is with me I cannot get a shot. Deer would be no effort BUT the state of ILL does not permit it and I do all that with a recurve anyway...
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Re: Winchester 1895 in .375/06?
I need to get out and sight in my .405 for my hunting ammo. Bear season opens the 16th. I can't wait. It's time for bear sammiches!