Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
They are a little lethal looking, arent they?
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
I just read in wikipedia that teddy roosevelt used the 95 in 405. Thats a big stick!
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that is a very fine rifle and in the right caliber too! Congrats......
there is a range report in your future ...
there is a range report in your future ...
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
OOh! I like it. Always wanted a '95 especially in 405 but then I hear they kick the snot out of you. So I shoot a 45-90? Go figure.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
That curved buttplate is gonna whup on ya.....
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Hombre, nice find! & congratulations! I have highly recommend something also for that crescent butt plate. I have a Japchester that I removed my shotgun metal butt plate and installed a Limbsaver pad, nice! For your since it is original (or mostly) maybe a strap-on PAST shoulder saver?
I shoot mostly cast in mine at reduced velocity compared to factory Hornady. I use a LBT LN 300gr gas check and am pleased with it. Bigger is better for the most part on cast boolit diameter as long as it chambers fine. I don't recall what an original Winchester .405 barrel normally run but if you wanted to have a head start I'd at least recommend slugging the bore or better a throat impression.
Whatever you do, give us a range report and what you plan to use it for! Nice, glad you took it home.
I shoot mostly cast in mine at reduced velocity compared to factory Hornady. I use a LBT LN 300gr gas check and am pleased with it. Bigger is better for the most part on cast boolit diameter as long as it chambers fine. I don't recall what an original Winchester .405 barrel normally run but if you wanted to have a head start I'd at least recommend slugging the bore or better a throat impression.
Whatever you do, give us a range report and what you plan to use it for! Nice, glad you took it home.
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Hombre,
A 95 is a gun that has to "grow" on you. 40 years ago, I too, thought they were ugly. Now I think they are a sleek product with graceful lines.
Yours is an excellent example of a gun that was used, but not abused. I was told those guns were not allowed in Sweden, so you better hurry and send it to me......quick, before you forget.------6
A 95 is a gun that has to "grow" on you. 40 years ago, I too, thought they were ugly. Now I think they are a sleek product with graceful lines.
Yours is an excellent example of a gun that was used, but not abused. I was told those guns were not allowed in Sweden, so you better hurry and send it to me......quick, before you forget.------6
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One of them is on my long-term wish-list. My Bighorn Armory 500 S&W is serving the role so far, though...
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
An original! In the cool of the evening, when all is quiet and the day is slipping away, listen closely, as it will have some wonderful stories to tell to those who know how to listen.
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Thank you very much all of you for your inputs. I really appreciate it!
This rifle I bought from an elderly man and he have been hunting with the guy who bought this 95 new. Soon after he bought it he took of the buttstock and made himself a new buttstock. Wonder why? That buttstock should have been looking terrible. Fortunately he saved the original one which now is back on the rifle.
With this rifle I got a couple of boxes with Kynoch ammo. Anyone who knows if there is a big difference between the Kynoch made ammo and the original Winchester ammo?
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Stefan
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This rifle I bought from an elderly man and he have been hunting with the guy who bought this 95 new. Soon after he bought it he took of the buttstock and made himself a new buttstock. Wonder why? That buttstock should have been looking terrible. Fortunately he saved the original one which now is back on the rifle.
With this rifle I got a couple of boxes with Kynoch ammo. Anyone who knows if there is a big difference between the Kynoch made ammo and the original Winchester ammo?
Best,
Stefan
Sweden
Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
I don't have one, but I watched someone who had one load it and then have a problem. There is a technique to loading them where you have the rim of the cases go in front of the rim of the case below it. If you don't, you will get a jam that is difficult to remove. Once the gentleman with the model 95 got the jam fixed, it worked perfectly.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Hombre,
Go ahead and use that ammo. It's loaded very similar to how Winchester loaded it.......full power with a 300 grain bullet traveling about 2200.
That baby is gonna bark! Save the brass----6
Go ahead and use that ammo. It's loaded very similar to how Winchester loaded it.......full power with a 300 grain bullet traveling about 2200.
That baby is gonna bark! Save the brass----6
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I am not certain, but I would treat Kynoch as if it were corrosive surplus ammo. Yes, I would use it, but just be more diligent with your cleaning.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
M. M. Wright wrote:OOh! I like it. Always wanted a '95 especially in 405 but then I hear they kick the snot out of you. So I shoot a 45-90? Go figure.
They are no worse [ to me ] than shooting a 12 gauge. i would get a slip on leather recoil pad and use that over the buttplate.
i enjoy shooting mine.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Sixgun wrote:Hombre,
Save the brass----6
That Kynoch ammunition is Berdan primed. This shouldn't pose much of a problem for a Swedish shooter though.
Great rifle, Hombre. Have been taken with them ever since I read a story by Lucian Carey
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
I always think of them as military lever designs. The box magazine for a Winchester makes it a truly unique early design. My wish list has always had a spot for one in 303. I also think my 444 owes its existence to the 405 in some way. Waters claims these are classic American express cartridges. By that he means a big bore with high velocity mid weight bullets.FatJackDurham wrote:They are a little lethal looking, arent they?
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
He referred to it as his "big medicine", and if I remember correctly it was his first choice for African lion hunting. As well as a pile of other stuff that bites, scratches and tramples.FatJackDurham wrote:I just read in wikipedia that teddy roosevelt used the 95 in 405. Thats a big stick!
That is a very nice gun in a very desirable chambering, and its in great shape for the age.
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I'd personally save that ammo because I like neat old stuff or at least sell it to some collector and use the proceeds to buy modern brass, bullets, or loaded ammo.Sixgun wrote:Hombre,
Go ahead and use that ammo. It's loaded very similar to how Winchester loaded it.......full power with a 300 grain bullet traveling about 2200.
That baby is gonna bark! Save the brass----6
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457121, you have a good point there. I will be looking for brass with the correct caliber markings. I believe Hornady have it. If not, are there other companies out there making brass for the .405 WCF?457121 wrote:I'd personally save that ammo because I like neat old stuff or at least sell it to some collector and use the proceeds to buy modern brass, bullets, or loaded ammo.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Very nice old Winchester Hombre! Looks like it is no stranger to the hunt. ,,,DT
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Hombre, Old Western Scrounger has a loading on their site... might have the brass too.
http://www.ows-ammo.com/store/index.php ... cts_id=176
Sorry, just looked and they are showing "0" in stock for the loaded cartridges.
Another option?
http://custombrassandbullets.com/8691.html
http://www.ows-ammo.com/store/index.php ... cts_id=176
Sorry, just looked and they are showing "0" in stock for the loaded cartridges.
Another option?
http://custombrassandbullets.com/8691.html
Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
I was shooting a friend's new Browning 95 in .405 a couple of years ago. Hornady factory ammo so brass ought to be available. Potent stuff, flattened the primers against the bolt face, 3330 ft-lbs if I remember correctly.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
Good Morning
An original 405 1895 would be a real nice rifle to have available to go out and use hunting or just bashing dents in steel targets. Should you ever grow tired of it I would happily energize your condition by removing the culprit.
Mike in ILLinois till November
An original 405 1895 would be a real nice rifle to have available to go out and use hunting or just bashing dents in steel targets. Should you ever grow tired of it I would happily energize your condition by removing the culprit.
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Re: Winchester 1895 .405 WCF!
I have been ordering brass but I could not wait until I should get it so I took two cartridges and pulled the trigger and that was just WONDERFUL. Crescent buttplate, no problem at all.
Okey, my first choice should not be to shoot it in a bench but I shall try that also.
It is a wonderful rifle to shoot with and I like the power.
Thank you guys, for all your inputs. I really appreciate it!
Best,
Stefan
Sweden
Okey, my first choice should not be to shoot it in a bench but I shall try that also.
It is a wonderful rifle to shoot with and I like the power.
Sixgun, I believe you are right on the spot.Sixgun wrote:A 95 is a gun that has to "grow" on you. 40 years ago, I too, thought they were ugly. Now I think they are a sleek product with graceful lines.
Thank you guys, for all your inputs. I really appreciate it!
Best,
Stefan
Sweden