Thank you all for the comments!
Hobie wrote: I was excited to get (mine) to shoot 220s at 2000 fps much more cheaply than one can do so in .303 Brit.
Inquiring minds would like to know, Hobie. Details, man, details!
Old Savage wrote:Look like great guns - never shot one.
I was about 47 when I first fired an Winchester 1895. It struck me as unorthodox at the time, but I quickly recognized the benefit of a stacked box magazine -- spire pointed boolits could be used. So I bided my time and finally found the 1895 TD in 30-06, made in 1907, pictured below. No collector value as it had been D&T for both a side mount and a "Climbin' Lyman" rear sight, and reblued to boot. But the blueing was gorgeous and the birdseye maple furniture was tight to the metal on all sides. But that's a different thread . . .
Terry Murbach wrote: THESE BR. '96 RIFLES AND CARBINES ARE ABSOLUTELY ONE OF THE FINEST CLONE/REPOS EVER MADE BAR NONE. THEY ALL SHOOT LIKE A MILLION BUCKS, HANDLE LIKE A DREAM, AND THE SIGHTS ARE USUALLY DEAD-ON-THE-MONEY.
The sights on this one were dead-on as you say, Terry. I had to bump the elevator one notch but the windage could not have been more "spot-on."
Terry Murbach wrote: THE ONLY THING I CAN SAY IS DO NOT DROP THE RIFLE DOWN FROM YOUR SHOULDER TO OPERATE THE LEVER OR IT'LL STICK ONE OF THOSE HOT EMPTY CASES RIGHT BETWEEN YOUR EYES. DO NOT ASK ME HOW I KNOW THIS BUT I FOR ONCE AM NOT WHISTLING DIXIE HERE I ASSURE YOU !!
I learned about that the "hot" way from shooting my 1907 1895 TD in 30-06, and I appreciate the reminder. Here's the teacher that doth learned me the lesson:
I passed up a number of Winchester/Miroku repros in 30-40 in favor of the Browning because the Winchester versions that crossed my path generally had tang safeties and checkering. I'm not a fan of checkering but will tolerate it if necessary. If I can avoid it, I will. That said, when the above-pictured 1907 TD with its professionally-done restocking in birdseye maple reached out and dope-slapped me, I made an exception. But as I said above, that's a different thread.
Thank you all again,
Noah
Might as well face it, you're addicted to guns . . .