Thread: Shooting a Winchester vintage levergun - 1895 30-40

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

no they like an old cat dozer need warming before firing - okay is this the same rifle that old Thedore called his medicine gun-- neat old rifle

Yeah Teddy loved his 1895 405
But he would have had a PH beside him with a real Lion rifle

I guess that would have been something like a 500 nitro double or would the 458 been in then - to early for that I quess - stupid question akaroa 1 but did America make a double big game rifle like say a Holland and Holland cant say I have ever heard of one -

Originally Posted by Barry the hunter

I guess that would have been something like a 500 nitro double or would the 458 been in then - to early for that I quess - stupid question akaroa 1 but did America make a double big game rifle like say a Holland and Holland cant say I have ever heard of one -

I'm sure someone made them
But not standard factory production

Plenty of German and British migrants ended up there
We are all migrants from somewhere originally

@Tentman, is the 30-40 related to the 30-40 Krag?

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

@Tentman, is the 30-40 related to the 30-40 Krag?

Same. It and the 303 are also closer than "kissing cousins"

Originally Posted by Max Headroom

@Tentman, is the 30-40 related to the 30-40 Krag?

More correctly it was the 30 US and the their first smokeless service round
First chambered in the Krag bolt action rifle and the 30-40 Krag handle just stuck

The 30-03 replaced it in 1903 which became the 30-06 in 1906

Just think of the 30-40 as exactly the same as a 303 but with a vastly better selection of bullets available to you ( if you have a good bore )

I have owned 4 .30/40's, 2x M95's and 2x Krags. They are set up for 180-220 grain .308" bullets, not 150's. I used mine with Hornady 220 grain RN with good results.

Originally Posted by norsk

Yes that's a given

But,why has it gone so well with so many over here I wonder?

Most likely as the M95 was mainly made in 7.62 Russian for the first world war. It was also made in .303 so the rifles in those calibres may have been made that way rather than rechambered. Even reforming .303 brass for the 30-40 can have its problems. Part of the .30-40 neck is formed from the .303 shoulder. This can result in the mother of all donuts from some of the heavier cases. Still worth the bother though as dies and components are still available.
Regards Grandpamac.