J Beard
Deplorable Member
Inherited a Model 1905 Winchester chambered in 35 Winchester self loading.
I've got everything to start loading cartridges,except primers and powder.
It's sad that it's easier to find dies for an obsolete cartridge than the primers to load it.
Outside the rifle looks great for being over 100 years old.
The bore is lightly rusted but doesn't look too bad, I'm assuming it's from corrosive primers.
I think my wife's brother may have fired it a few times before offering it to me and didn't know about old primers.
I ran a brass brush thru it and it looks like it will clean up pretty good but I want to do this right.
Recommendations?
My original post on this rifle, looking for load data.
http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=111080
I've got everything to start loading cartridges,except primers and powder.
It's sad that it's easier to find dies for an obsolete cartridge than the primers to load it.
Outside the rifle looks great for being over 100 years old.
The bore is lightly rusted but doesn't look too bad, I'm assuming it's from corrosive primers.
I think my wife's brother may have fired it a few times before offering it to me and didn't know about old primers.
I ran a brass brush thru it and it looks like it will clean up pretty good but I want to do this right.
Recommendations?
My original post on this rifle, looking for load data.
http://www.mdshooters.com/showthread.php?t=111080