Camp Perry 2015 or Bust - The 1895 Winchester Lee

[Dick Hosmer]

Had an email from him a couple of weeks ago - not sure I answered it, better check!!! :-(

[psteinmayer]

Paul,

when you make up that tuna salad sandwich ... and you need to slow down the competition a bit? Set the sandwiches on the shelf under the back window of your car for 6 hours or so. then serve. A tip from the BMX racing world.

jn

Yeah... I'll make a lot of friends that way too, LOL!!!

[Dick Hosmer]

Congratulations on the great pun, Jon - was it accidental or intentional?

[CJCulpeper]

To get back to the subject, I wish I could afford one of the Lee Navy rifles. I've had some fun in the past with a tight twist (1/8) Obermeyer 5R barrel on a 6x45 AR. A larger case was what it needed.

I would be saying the same thing if was not for all of the moola I have made over here for the last nine years. Geez it seems so long ago that I was just getting to Iraq and now it is just a dim memory.

I am thinking I would try the hornady 100 grain RN bullets that I picked up for the project. They are discontinued but I did manage to get eight boxes. I sure would like to get some 135 grain bullets so I could build the original loading.

What powder do you think I should use? I have a few pounds of Varget and a few more pounds of IMR 4064 waiting for me in the land of the all-night Wally World. There is not too much in the way of load data out there but some guys have posted their loads over the last dozen years on diffierent fourms. I have been collecting the data and I believe if I keep every thing way under 2000 fps the brass should be good to go for a while. From what I can tell the fellow who owned the brass reloaded them three or four times for a bolt gun that came down the family from his grandpa.

[Bob S]

I managed to pick up a few pieces of brass so I could shoot in the Vintage match.

Mine will function equally well with .220 swift cases simply necked up to 6mm; .220 swift cases necked up with bases turned to 6mm Lee dimensions; or the reformed 25-06 cases that Buffalo Arms sold. For clip loading, the simply necked up 220 Swift cases work the best because the rims are the same as the 30-06 basic case. Thanks to Winchester for this; when they chambered the Model 54/70 for the 220 Wotkyns (which was the 6MM Lee necked down to .22 and shortened), they didn't want to have to make a unique bolt face and extractor, so the .220 became a semi-rimmed case with a 30-06 size rim. I use Swedish Mauser chargers; the tits catch on the receiver rails, and there is enough room in the magazine to push the last round completely out of the charger.

My pressure excursion occurred with a Winchester 100 grain Power Point and a fairly moderate load of 4895. The same load with a Sierra 95 grain MK had no pressure issues. I have one original 6mm Lee cartidge, Rem-UMC. I noted that the bullet is tapered, there is virtually NO parallel mid-body. OTH, the Wincester PP has BEAUCOUP parallel midbody, IOW, lots and lots of bearing surface. So I think I might stay away from the modern 100 grain RN jacketed bullets and stick to the cast bullets for now. But I might try that 95 grain SMK again.
YMMV ....

[Mark Daiute]

Martk Daiute is staying home to get three crowns, as in crowned teeth but thanks for thinking of him. He was looking forward to the trip!

In all seriousness my dentist is doing three crowns for me and wants me staying close to home. The drive to Perry is better than getting root canals and crowns, trust me.

[Mark Daiute]

Martk Daiute is staying home to get three crowns, as in crowned teeth but thanks for thinking of him. He was looking forward to the trip!

In all seriousness my dentist is doing three crowns for me and wants me staying close to home. The drive to Perry is better than getting root canals and crowns, trust me.

[psteinmayer]

We sure missed seeing you this year Mark... Next year, we'll all take 'em by storm!