Staying Away From The News Today

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The above picture is a Winchester Model 1895. I have one and it is chambered in .30-40 Krag (also known as .30 Army or .30 US). I would like to have one in .405 Winchester, but that isn't going to happen. They are very pricey. I got mine at a very good price. The .405 Winchester is one of the rounds that Teddy Roosevelt used in Africa. The .405 is a rimmed cartridge for lever action rifles. Original loading was a 300 gr. bullet at 2200 fps.

I do have a couple of TC Encore barrels chambered for Reeder proprietary rounds that use the .405 as the base brass. The 350 GNR (.35 caliber) and the 378 GNR. (.375 caliber). I used the 350 in Africa with Nosler Partition 250 gr. bullets. I haven't shot the 378 yet, but I have some Nosler Accubond 260 gr. bullets to try.

The 95 Winchester that I have has a long barrel and I'm going to have it shortened. As it is in .30-40, it isn't a collectors item. It already has a receiver sight on it and I'll keep that.

Another rifle chambering I've wanted is the .348 Winchester. It came out in 1936 in the Model 71 lever action. Another rimmed cartridge, it puts a 250 gr. bullet out at 2350 fps. I will probably never end up with one. I have a Marlin rifle chambered in 450 GNR and that round uses the .384 brass as the base. That's close enough.

Most shooters/hunters have a round or two that they have wanted, but may never own. Actually the .30-40 Krag chambered in a modern rifle (that can take modern pressures) is equivalent to the .308. The 7x57 (7mm) is also a very good round in a new rifle. There are a lot of old military rifles out there chambered for the 7x57 and do just fine. Another older round that is interesting is the .222 Remington. It's not up to the .22-250 or even the .223, but still a good varmint round. I don't have a need for it, so that is one that I won't end up with.

The post may have been boring tonight, but it is more like I wanted to be.

Okay, stay safe and take care.