1895 winchester

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sluggo posted this 16 May 2025

  • I had my 1895 winchester out for some target practice the other day. The primers showed set back. The rifles lever will not close on a no go gauge. The load is 26.0 grs. of imr 4227 powder with a lee 175 gr. pc bullet. Is this primer set back potential trouble? The load seemed pretty mild and extraction was very easy. This rifle is a take down model if that might make a difference. Thanks for any ideas on how to work with this in advance.

 thanks, mike

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Premod70 posted this 16 May 2025

The setback comes from the low chamber pressures not forcing the case to full length in the chamber. Easy fix is to drill out the flash holes to reduce the pressures in the primer pocket.

Dale Flinchum

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linoww posted this 16 May 2025

26g 4227 pressure should be adequate to not set shoulder back.i shoot 16g for years in the 30-06 and never had an issue .Maybe excessive headspace from FL die setting shoulder back more than necessary. .Lightly  lube the cases on  first firing and they should form to the chamber. 

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sluggo posted this 17 May 2025

Thanks, i will try out the suggestions you guys gave me.

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sandwman posted this 21 May 2025

I agree with Premod70, sounds reasonable. 

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ALYMAN#1 posted this 23 May 2025

is this an original Winchester, caliber ?  research I did to get a 30-03 chambered 1912 Winchester semi operational indicated that the bolt face on 30-06 level rifles became peened concave over time as the specs for 30-06 changed over time.  You are fortunate that yours won't close on no-go gauge.  Hopefully the suggestions above will work out for you.  Good luck.

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