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Post by tornado on Feb 16, 2017 8:56:25 GMT -5
I just joined and I have been fascinated by the 1906/1907 Winchesters for a while. I do not own one now but I plan to change that soon.
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Post by 28gauge on Feb 16, 2017 9:27:12 GMT -5
Hello and welcome to the site.Pretty new here myself.Just purchased my first vintage self loader a few weeks ago,a Winchester Model 07 .351.Have not yet fired the rifle and I am in the process of getting all the components together for hand loading for the cartridge.
Was there any certain thing that drew you to the Model 07?
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Post by tornado on Feb 16, 2017 21:39:54 GMT -5
I heard about Zootshooter competitions (think cowboy action matches but set in 1920-30's), after looking at the rules they mentioned the self loading Winchesters. I had never heard of those before, so the more I read about them, the more I wanted one.
There are no clubs near me, but I bought a pair of S&W M&P's revolvers and a Browning A5 shotgun anyway. My '73 Uberti/ Winchester would work, but that wouldn't give me an excuse to buy another gun.
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Post by tornado on Jun 27, 2018 8:27:10 GMT -5
Well I stumbled upon a 1905 in 32sl not long ago and it was priced so low I had to bring it home with me. According to the serial number, it was built in 1920. I found 31 vintage rounds of 32sl and took them to the range the other day. The brass was marked Winchester Repeating Arms and they were of an unknown vintage and unknown bullet weight. I shot the first 6 over my chronograph and they averaged 1390fps, that sounds exactly like what all the original 165gr loads were suppose to be. I had about 5 of them to fail to eject, but other than that, they all went bang.
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Post by 28gauge on Jul 1, 2018 7:58:03 GMT -5
Cool old rifle.Glad to hear you were able to finally get one.Probably should give the old rifle a good cleaning and oiling.Most likely it has not had that done for years.No expert ,but that should help with the failure to eject trouble you had.
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