Interesting .303 underlever

[ovenpaa]

I spotted this on the 800 yard point Saturday, a fascinating and lovely rifle, it was either a Winchester or Remmington from memory.

Sadly I could not allow him to shoot it but I had to take a picture all the same, can anyone identify it?

[Sandgroper]

Winchetser 1895

http://www.gunmart.net/gun_review/winchester_1895/

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1895

Never knew it was made in 303 British - interesting. :-P

[Tower75]

Wow. That's interesting. Sort of like that under-lever they made in 7.62x54R for the Russians in WWI.

Always wanted one of them.

[ptheta]

Would it be nosey of me to ask why he couldn't shoot it? Was it out of proof?

[ovenpaa]

Would it be nosey of me to ask why he couldn't shoot it? Was it out of proof?

I asked him not to shoot it as he had never taken it out beyond 100 yards and was shooting at small frames at 800 yards, as much as i would have liked to have seen it shot it was not going to happen whilst I was RCO.

Pah!! RCO's eh?

[ptheta]

Isn't that what the backstop is for?

[ovenpaa]

Hmm.... I think the furthest he had ever shot anything was 400 yards and he managed to get back to 1000 with a 'scoped FN so I was delighted for him. It is always good when people move back to the longer distances and get on the black, especially when they are very small target frames.

If it is down to me we only ever shoot at 600 yard targets, even out to 1200 yards.

[Tower75]

He wasn't allowed to shoot it because of the targets he was using?

[20series]

Isn't that what the backstop is for?

:lol: :lol: :lol:

[ptheta]

Joking aside, I think you're meant to have at least an outside chance of hitting the target. The NRA handbook does say you're meant to stop after so many rounds if you can't hit the target. I think it's three rounds but I can't remember for sure.

In spite of that, who hasn't heard someone say, "I'm just going to stick one in the sand to see where it's going", at some point or another?