Winchester Lee-Navy

[mholmes1]

Part of the second contract with an original bayonet, enbloc clip, and ammo included.

 

[ronn47]

Nice

 

[Sigogglin]

Holy bucket list gun batman. I'd love to shoot one of these someday.

 

[mholmes1]

Holy bucket list gun batman. I'd love to shoot one of these someday.

I will soon. I got 20 new made rounds from Buffalo arms.

 

[vainn80]

Excellent rifle; looking forward to range report. Thanks for sharing!

 

[nbkky71]

Damn… that’s one sexy unicorn!

 

[Dan0311]

LOVE it. Really nice rifle. I have one in good shape, S.N. 91XX, and a sporterized one, S.N. 96XX (looking for parts to make as close to original as possible).




These are the Model 1895 SN's recovered from the U.S.S. Maine (sunk off of Cuba, 1898)

 

[mholmes1]

LOVE it. Really nice rifle. I have one in good shape, S.N. 91XX, and a sporterized one, S.N. 96XX (looking for parts to make as close to original as possible).

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These are the Model 1895 SN's recovered from the U.S.S. Maine (sunk off of Cuba, 1898)

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I was close to getting a Maine rifle last year as 2 came up at auction.

 

[rufrdr]

Wow!

 

[Old Pueblo tatanka]

I will soon. I got 20 new made rounds from Buffalo arms.

I m new here, and just came across your older post. I recently acquired an 1895 Lee.sporter #(105##).while researching ammo/reloading/ parts../fyi are you aware of the two recent receiver failures due to case blowout..( one death/ one seriously hurt).one with buffalo arms ammunition...it is reshaped/ machined 30-40 krag... Winchester waca website has links to the events.

 

[mholmes1]

I m new here, and just came across your older post. I recently acquired an 1895 Lee.sporter #(105##).while researching ammo/reloading/ parts../fyi are you aware of the two recent receiver failures due to case blowout..( one death/ one seriously hurt).one with buffalo arms ammunition...it is reshaped/ machined 30-40 krag... Winchester waca website has links to the events.

Yeah I’m well aware and it’s pretty well known now that you should never use Krag cases to reform to 6mm Lee navy. Buffalo arms makes newer ammunition formed from 25-06 brass that is promising and have heard good results from it so far. I have 20 rounds that I’ll test soon. People also use .220 swift but it’s just slightly shorter and could cause improper seating of the bullet.

 

[Old Pueblo tatanka]

 

[Old Pueblo tatanka]

Yeah I’m well aware and it’s pretty well known now that you should never use Krag cases to reform to 6mm Lee navy. Buffalo arms makes newer ammunition formed from 25-06 brass that is promising and have heard good results from it so far. I have 20 rounds that I’ll test soon. People also use .220 swift but it’s just slightly shorter and could cause improper seating of the bullet.

serisl#105**

 

[Dan0311]

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I posted my sporterized gun above - if you decide to try to build yours back to 'original', please let me know as I've put that project on a backburner.

 

[bnz43]

The correct stripper clip for that rifle is crazy difficult to locate as well.

 

[mholmes1]

The correct stripper clip for that rifle is crazy difficult to locate as well.

I got 2! And an original box of commercial ammo from 1910, as well as a few military rounds