1895 Winchester.303
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1895 Winchester.303
Following on from SimG’s thread on British military Winchester’s, well it isn’t exactly military but it is in the more British than a British thing .303 it is a sporting rifle with a 28” barrel made in 1904 the condition is excellent and I love it to bits.
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
Very nice indeed 
I'd love one of the Russian contract rifles that were chambered in 7.62x54r but the few I have seen have commanded a high price.Out of curiosity can the .303 be loaded with stripper clips?, I believe the 54r rifles can be loaded using the same stripper clips as the Mosin.
I'd love one of the Russian contract rifles that were chambered in 7.62x54r but the few I have seen have commanded a high price.Out of curiosity can the .303 be loaded with stripper clips?, I believe the 54r rifles can be loaded using the same stripper clips as the Mosin.
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
Yes I would have really liked one of the military contract rifles but alas they are unicorn pooh maybe less if you have deeper pockets as for stripper clip loading no they well the .303 versions couldn't be, the round is placed in case head first i.e. the bullet pointing up from the receiver and then rotated to lay it down into the mag, this is a clever way as not to encounter "rim lock" I just have another 8 days to go now to try it grrrrr
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
The dreaded rim lock!!!........if I had a quid for every person I've seen struggle with rim locked Mosins I could have a week off work!pe4king wrote:Yes I would have really liked one of the military contract rifles but alas they are unicorn pooh maybe less if you have deeper pockets as for stripper clip loading no they well the .303 versions couldn't be, the round is placed in case head first i.e. the bullet pointing up from the receiver and then rotated to lay it down into the mag, this is a clever way as not to encounter "rim lock" I just have another 8 days to go now to try it grrrrr
Keep us posted on how it shoots
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
Lovley rifle. Is it set up for MKVI or MKVII .303?
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
I’m not sure yet but being manufactured in 1904 my guess would be Mk Vl
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
The are beautifully made rifles and one is on my list of rifles to own one day :)
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
I will be testing it on Saturday but only on an ETR range, to be honest blanks would do
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Re: 1895 Winchester.303
Had a try out on Saturday using PPU factory ammunition, even with a very low sun in my eyes still dropping fig 11’s out to 300m so very happy
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