model 1907 Winchester .351 selfloader surprise....

m-134 said:
nice twins!! mine has a 1594* number. my boss has one with a few boxes of ammo that im trying to get off of him also. fun guns to shoot
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Nice score on the low serial. A few boxes of ammo?!!! Those are worth as much as the guns! I wish somebody would at do a big run of reloading components for these. There's still a bunch of them kicking around. Nice to hear other folks appreciate these little guys.
 
I was on a moose hunt about 50 years ago with a man who had borrowed the .401 version. He got a chance to shoot a moose across the river, sneaked down along the bank to get as close as possible. Fired a couple of shots and the gun jammed open. He watched the moose walk out of sight. NOT a happy hunter! The plunger underneath the barrel to open the action has a pin you turn into a detent to hold the action open. Somehow this one had locked itself open into the notch. Not being used to the gun he didn't know how to fix it.
The good news was that the moose was down about 100 Yds. into the swamp when we got back with the boat.
Bill
 
Cool story bushwhacker, I always wanted a 1910 but I never have the cash when they pop up. While I think about quirks these guns have......has anybody totally taken one down? Yeah I'm talking about removing the damn recoil spring FROM HELL!!! Unless you absolutely have to...DON'T! 6 hours of my life I won't get back.:rolleyes:
 
numerous times ,I have taken all of mine down and cleaned them replaced the buffers and new recoil springs(wolfe) .Cardboard shims and a leather strip ,took a little while to figure out as they couldn't take to long to assemble in the factory
cheers Peter
 
A fellow by the name of L.Speckin has a new book out about the Winchester Model 1907.From what I understand the book is 106 pages with sections on the history,hand loading and how to assemble and disassemble the rifle.
 
28 gauge said:
A fellow by the name of L.Speckin has a new book out about the Winchester Model 1907.From what I understand the book is 106 pages with sections on the history,hand loading and how to assemble and disassemble the rifle.
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Good to hear, I just went looking for it seems to be a scarce item as of right now. Appears to be a private publisher (by the author himself), I'm interested...

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The Speckin 1907 book can be purchased from the author.He will ship to Canada. L.Speckin,1884 Birchwood,Okemos,Michigan,U.S.A. ,48864.
 
It's good to hear of another book on these unique and interesting guns being available. Until now, only the out of print and unobtanium: "The Forgotten Winchesters: A History of the Models 1905, 1907, and 1910 Self-loading Rifles" by John Henwood existed.
 
Forgot to say earlier that the book is $30.00 U.S. plus shipping.I have heard that demand for the book is so good that a second printing will be made to keep up with that demand.
 
i finaly got the 1907 off my boss, unfortantly he cant find the ammo though. its in decent condition, his dad refinished the wood many many years ago but aparently didnt reblue it, theres lots of blueing left on it so im guesing its original. it has a good bore with crisp rifling and it has a 49XX serial number dating it to 1907, i'd say overal good condition exept for having a broken firing pin and the forearm is cracked. he is looking for the ammo and he thinks he has some spare magazines and possible paper work/operators manual?? for it.
 
I love these rifles! I always wondered why they dont have much collector value? As a kid, Grampa had a .401 in the basement. As a teenager, years after he died, I blew through 4 full boxes of winchester .401 ammo in an afternoon having fun with it. It wasnt until I went to look for more ammo that I found out that wasnt such a smart move...

Steve
 
357 max cases is what I use to make the 351wsl brass .Have to turn the rim to .408 and trim to 1.4 ,did a 100 with out turning /deepening the extractor grove to see if they would work and they all ejected with no problems .
 
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