Post by 351winchester on Jan 21, 2009 23:51:14 GMT -5
Back in the late 60's as a teenager I used to hunt with friends in the Ocala National Forest in central fl. My hunting mentor used an 07 as did his father in law (God rest his soul) and his cousin. I had never seen an 07 until then. He used it mainly when he took to the woods with their deer hounds. He had the 10 rd. magazine (which was illegal), but he used it anyway. I heard him cut loose on a deer one morning and it sounded like he was shooting a machine gun. I don't recall if he got the deer or not, but it was interesting. He usually managed to kill deer with it and I remember his wife cursing "that damm .351". "Ruins too much meat". He knew I admired that 07 and one day he asked me if I would like to shoot it. Heck yes. Since the ammo was so expensive he would only let me shoot one round. I was hooked.
I found a nice one at a gun shop, but didn't have the money and had to pass. I found another at my local gunshop and it was about as perfect as they get. They were asking $400. which I didn't have. I tried to get them down, but they wouldn't budge. I told the gunsmith to put my name on it and I would be back in a few days with the money. My wife wasn't at all pleased as money was real tight back then, but she understood (I think). Anyway I asked them to order me some ammo. He looked it up in his latest catalogue and told me "they don't make it anymore". I started going to gunshows and the ammo wasn't hard to find at all. I found a guy from N.C. that had a whole case of fmj. I bought 1 box at the show and took it out to see how the rifle shot. Accuracy was so-so, but it worked just fine. I called him back and ordered 7 more boxes @ $20. a box which included shipping.
I have a good friend who is an avid reloader and gun collector. He reloads for my rifle and it's suprising how much you can down load it and it still works just fine. I know Winchester and Remington were competing with their self loaders and the .351 wasn't as powerful as the .35 rem. so I think W/W put a few more grains of powder in for good measure.
I shot that rifle into ballistic gelatin. Go to www.brassfetcher.com and click on Old Website and look up the .351. I was impressed as was he.
These are fine old guns and from what I've learned over the years the only thing that breaks is the wood. I have a spare firing pin which I'll probably never need. It is massive.
I took it hunting one day and low and behold I saw a nice 8 or maybe a 10 point feeding in the middle of the day. I took careful aim and due to the distance held a little over. I must be a poor judge of distance cause I shot right over him (darn). I would like to kill a pig or two and maybe a deer before I leave this world with that old gun.
I shot 3 hogs with my .303 British this year. I took pictures with the neighbors digital camera and one of the kids was supposed to post it on the high road for me, but you know how kids are. I will try to get them to post on this site.
I found a nice one at a gun shop, but didn't have the money and had to pass. I found another at my local gunshop and it was about as perfect as they get. They were asking $400. which I didn't have. I tried to get them down, but they wouldn't budge. I told the gunsmith to put my name on it and I would be back in a few days with the money. My wife wasn't at all pleased as money was real tight back then, but she understood (I think). Anyway I asked them to order me some ammo. He looked it up in his latest catalogue and told me "they don't make it anymore". I started going to gunshows and the ammo wasn't hard to find at all. I found a guy from N.C. that had a whole case of fmj. I bought 1 box at the show and took it out to see how the rifle shot. Accuracy was so-so, but it worked just fine. I called him back and ordered 7 more boxes @ $20. a box which included shipping.
I have a good friend who is an avid reloader and gun collector. He reloads for my rifle and it's suprising how much you can down load it and it still works just fine. I know Winchester and Remington were competing with their self loaders and the .351 wasn't as powerful as the .35 rem. so I think W/W put a few more grains of powder in for good measure.
I shot that rifle into ballistic gelatin. Go to www.brassfetcher.com and click on Old Website and look up the .351. I was impressed as was he.
These are fine old guns and from what I've learned over the years the only thing that breaks is the wood. I have a spare firing pin which I'll probably never need. It is massive.
I took it hunting one day and low and behold I saw a nice 8 or maybe a 10 point feeding in the middle of the day. I took careful aim and due to the distance held a little over. I must be a poor judge of distance cause I shot right over him (darn). I would like to kill a pig or two and maybe a deer before I leave this world with that old gun.
I shot 3 hogs with my .303 British this year. I took pictures with the neighbors digital camera and one of the kids was supposed to post it on the high road for me, but you know how kids are. I will try to get them to post on this site.