ordered a spiffy 1885 winny and it is new in box. it is a "davidson's exclusive special edition". 45/70 , 28 inch oct barrel , straight grip butt w/ cresent plate , snable forend , marples looking tang sight , blade front sight , buckhorn rear sight.
i got a smokin deal on this rifle and want to know if it is the same as the browning b-78 model of a few years ago? reasson i ask is that i think ive seen this model 4-sale in 375 h&h , and if so, then i should be able to run handloads for the #1 ruger in it if i so desire. in the "old" days the older hornaday books read that it uses the ruger, b-78 and siamese bolts for its data in the ruger section of loads.
not that im gonna want to run 500 gr boolits at 1800 fps thru it...well not for the long haul anyway...but i want to know if they are proof tested for these preassures.
this is NOT a bpcr gun. this has the shorter barrel [ shorter then the bpcr barrel model ] so im wondering if i can run some hot loads thru her ? anybody have insight into this winchester model? wont break my heart if i cant run "hot" loads thru her but i wanna know what im looking at and what is permissable.
thanks all. ive posted this question before in others posts but never got a reply so thanks for the reply's on this post in advance.