Winchestser 1895 in 35 Winchester

[Dave]

One of my buddies at work came back from lunch with a Winchester 1895 in 35 Winchester. Neither of us is familiar with that round, but we researched it and discovered it is probably too powerful for our area. That doesn't mean we don't want to have fun with this gun though. It is refinished but they did a good job and is all there. Anyone have any experience with 35 Winchester? He found a source that claims you can make cased out of 30-40 Kraig cases. What is your load for this round? Have some cases you want to get rid of?

Bad cell phone pic but it is not a bad gun at all.

[7.62 Precision]

.35 Winchester will work just fine in TN for your whitetails. Great cartridge in a great rifle that has probably shot its share of deer already.

[Pete44ru]

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Although .35 Win (.35WCF) brass can be formed from .30-40 cases (the resultant case neck will be a little shorter) or necked-down & fireformed Hornady .405 Win brass, www.midwayUSA.com has Bertram .35 Win cases @ $57.00/20: http://www.midwayusa.com/product/197172 ... -box-of-20

Other vendors charge less for new/unprimed cases:

http://www.lohmanarms.com/product_p/qc180635.htm ($47/20)

http://www.buffaloarms.com/35_Wincheste ... x?CAT=3836 ($30/20)


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[AJMD429]

It isn't really 'too powerful' for your area, but you won't need to hot-rod it. A classic gun in an interesting and versatile cartridge. If you load 'moderate' loads instead of 'hot' ones, your cases should last a long time if the chamber and headspace are good.

[BenT]

I posted last week about 35 calibers for deer hunting with the 1895 being used this season. I have used 30-40 brass and it works fine but it is about 1/10 of in short on the neck. Buffalo arms sells bertram brass that is the correct size. You will be surprised how accurate it is. My deer load uses 220 gr speers and Varget. I loaded some lighter loads with 200gr RN that were at 35 Rem speeds and were very pleasant to shoot.

Do a search for 35 win and you should find a post from this last spring when I picked up mine. Sixgun gave a lot of good info about loads in that post. Don't pass up on the 1895 it is a great gun.

[muskeg13]

I rebarreled my .30-06 1895 carbine to .35 Win in 2011 and was pleased with the results. I shoot .405 Win in 2 other rifles, so I had a supply of Hornady and Bertram cases on hand to work with. While I have several complaints with Bertram .405 consistency, the Hornady cases are very well made, are very strong, and are easily formed to .35 Win.

To form, I use new Hornady cases, did a rough trim, full length size, final trim, chamfer and load moderately to fireform using a 200 or 250 gr bullet. Properly headstamped Jamison and Quality Cartridge brass was available before the Obamascare brass famine. I have Jamison cases loaded, but haven't fired any yet.

3031, 4895 and 4064 all work well to push a 250 Hornady RN to 2200 fps (and considerably more) no sweat. 250gr and 2200 fps was the standard factory advertised loading.

[Marlin32]

I would like a 35 win. It would certainly put a hurt on a whitetail.
I would be inclined to use it on elk/moose etc.
Eyes not good enough anymore to use open sights, and 1895 hard to scope 1895, I have seen some with scout scope, but not sold on that set up.
Would likely go with the 358 win.
I have researched it some, can't remember who, but I found someone custom loading it, was pretty good big game load if I remember correctly.

[Dave]

Thanks for the info guys! We are going to see if we can shoot something with this gun.

[2ndovc]

If I could get potobucket to cooperate I could post several photos of my Grandfather's .35WCF and what I've hunted with it.
Best shot w/ the .35 was a near 200 pound boar that I blew both shoulders out.

Gonna try one photo


Only bummer is someone put a pad on it. Super shooter and my most accurate Model '95

jb

[Sixgun]

Great cartridge. I've been playing with it for about 10 years. In the beginning I just used Krag brass then I bought a couple of hundred "stretched" brass from Buffalo Arms. These have survived surprisingly long, even with full power loads....but.......you dont always have to shoot full power.

My favorite is a 250 gr. gc Lyman 250 RN running 1600. You can also load any bullet for the .357 mag. to make it even more economical. Watch sizing your brass, you dont want to pusg the shoulder back.

Maybe you can find some Hornady 405 brass, then just run it through a 35 FLS -----------6



In Colorado a few years back. Never did pull the trigger.

[cas]

^ I still tell stories about you reloading that first ammo at the range.

[Sixgun]

^ I still tell stories about you reloading that first ammo at the range.

Ha! Glen, you have a good memory! I remember, in anticipation of a possible purchase, I had a mess of Krag brass formed out and I was dumping 5744 in there to see if the rifle shot.

They were some good times we had, up at the range where we used to camp out. Franks place was nice too, but I hear a few shots hit the shed up on the hill. That weekend we must have left 200 pounds of lead in the pond. --------6