Winchesler-Lee 6mm Model 1895 Navy Rifle

[rayg]

Some of my favorite related Winchester-Lee photos: U. S. Sailors in 1899 N. Y. C. Dewey Parade, N. C. Twining (Inspector and Manual Co-Author), manual fold-out page, and Jim Curlovic display at recent Michigan Antique Arms Show.

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It looks like the sailors marching in the first photo are squeezed in and not enough room to march abreast correctly, or else there's a personal battle going on between a couple of sailors ,
Here's a photo of some Marines marching with WLN rifles, Ray

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PS, Jim, were those 40 rds you shot reloads? If so, what powder and loads were you using? I reload for mine, Ray

[browningautorifle]

Yes Ray, they were reloads. I would buy factory ammo at the gun shows and pull it down. The primers would be punk mostly and the powder...well... I'd use a large rifle primer and 29.5 gr of IMR 4064. I used factory original 112 gr bullets. Next time I used factory bullets and used 30 Gr of IMR 3031. Cartridges of the world has several bullet weights posted. I think I used 220 swift dies to load with...I also remember using a box of factory bullets for some of my loads but I don't have the info here on what bullets they were exactly. Just the info here. The loads were mild enough but half the time the bullets went puff out at 150 yds, the rest hit the gong with authority.

[rayg]

There was a guy who had a WTB on a site for a hand guard for his WLN and I advised him of one I saw for sale and he bought it and was so happy he sent me a box of Buffalo Arms 6mm ammo as a thank you, and which I shot and reloaded the cases.
I used the 220 swift dies to reload also and read you could use the 220 Swift cases for the WLN also. Although shorter, they would work. So I tried them and they did work ok you just had to seat the bullets out further so there was not as big a jump for the bullet to the rifling because of the shorter case. Cheaper then buying the 6mm cases for the Winchester LN. I tried cast bullets once in the rifle but they were not accurate because the cast bullets could not get a tight grip on the rounded shoulders of the shallow Metford rifling. Ray

[butlersrangers]

Attachment 56483Attachment 56484Attachment 56485Attachment 56486Michigan Antique Arms Collector Shows are now held at 'Suburban Collection' hall in Novi, Michigan. (Next show is Week-end after Thanksgiving). The Sailors in the 1899 Dewey Parade in New York were being pressed-in by the huge crowds.
Jim Curlovic's (a fine and interesting Gentleman) display included a 'Bannerman' Winchester-Lee salvaged from the Maine. (Now here's a mean Marine - I wouldn't salute him with a Latte! - Mr. President).

[browningautorifle]

the rounded shoulders of the shallow Metford rifling

And here I thought my barrel was just a bit down. That never occurred to me. And sites like this didn't exist to ask...