Winchester 1895

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I have always been interested in this rifle but I have never seen one in person. I am trying to figure out how the magazine works. I found on the net that it is a box magazine that I believe is fixed. It looks like you open the lever and feed the magazine in above it.

If anyone can confirm this for me I would appreciate it. I would also like to hear from anyone who has shot one of these. Some reports say that it is a hard recoiler. Any comments on accuracy or info about this rifle would be appreciated.

Thanks, :wave:
 
Win1895

Top load fixed magazine.

The stock design does exaggerate recoil, at least for me. 30-06 type rounds are still very manageable though. Mine shoots well enough, considering how lousy a shot I am with irons....

Great, unique rifles.
 
The early .405's were known kickers due to stock design and steel butt plates.......Harold**** some muskets complete with bayonet were made in 7.62x54R for the Czar
 
Some felt, and still do, that the 30/06 generated too much pressure for the "springy" model '95 action(original), causing case stretching and other probs. Values are highest in the early BP chamberings with the flatside, the 38/72 and the 40/70 and 40/72 being most collectable. Right behind are later ones chambered in .405, values in these cals. would easily double or more the values of the more common 30/06, 30/40, .303.
 
As noted above, the mag in fed from the top. One note, just make sure not to lay the cartridge flat and push it straight down into the mag. It will load up, but will jam. I learned this the hard way, then found loading instructions for the 1895 which cleared it up. See page 14 paragraphs 2 to 4: http://gunmanuals.net/Manuals/Winchester_1895.pdf

In terms of kick, my 303 SRC does not kick bad at all. Certainly less than my Remington 270! I had a 30-40 rifle and that wasn't bad either. I do own two 1895s in 405WCF, and well, they are a bit of a different story:)

Matt
 
I have a re-production .405Win, made at Miroku Japan. I will guess that the magazine loads identical to the original... so...

On my re-production rifle, there is a small carrier, at the top of the magazine. Each bullet has to be slipped into that, then pushed to the back edge of the magazine, then the next bullet has to get set into that carrier the same way, and you keep feeding them in and pushing them down into the magazine.
Mine tops out around 5 rounds, I think it is.
Since the .405 is a rimmed case (like the .45-70 or .303), you gotta make sure that each case is always ahead of the one below, to avoid a jam.

I don't find it all that quick to load.

My rifle has the metal butt plate. I have shot factory ammo and handloads. My handloads are 400gr Hornadys and I have achieved the factory muzzle velocities with them; about 2400fps MV. Both factory and handloads are pleasant to shoot, in my opinion.

I would love to shoot a big black bear with it, but my rifle is so pretty I worry about banging the stock and marking it up. So it is still pretty lightly used so far.
 
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