Winchester 1905

[Polishrifleman]

I just picked up one chambered in .35 Winchester. Can anyone help with ammo? They currently manufacture .35 Remmington, .35 Whelan, .348 Winchester, .356 Winchester. Will any of these work out of the box or will I have to make cases? Not really planning on shooting it but would like to know.

Thanks

 

[Sunray]

It's a .405 Winchster necked down to .35 calibre. Data can be had here. http://www.reloadersnest.com/frontpage.asp?CaliberID=249
Brass from Midway. Not exactly cheap though. $36.49 per 20. Brass can be made from .30-40 Krag. It'll have a slightly shorter neck, but that's no big deal.
http://www.midwayusa.com/ebrowse.ex...075&categorystring=9315***652***670***9013***
Redding makes dies. It uses the same .35 calibre bullet as a .35 Remington.

 

[Polishrifleman]

Sunray, thanks a ton.

 

[cmb3366]

The 1905 was chambered for .35WSL (winchester self loading), not the standard .35 winchester. The .35WSL was only in production for 2 years when it was made obsolete by the .351WSL, and the modle 1907. Cases and ammo are scarce for either, but you may be able to turn up something with a google search. As far as ballistics are concerned, The .35WSL is like a traditionally loaded .357mag, wheras the .35win is closer to .35whelan ballistics.

 

[Jim Watson]

Sunray thinks you have a .35 Winchester 1895 lever action.
Cmb says you have a 1905 model .35 Winchester SELF LOADING.

If the latter, Buffalo Arms has ammunition, brass, bullets and dies.
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,4124.htm

You will not be pleased by the prices but this is all low production stuff and they don't sell much to spread their costs around. Just part of buying a neat old rifle that is long obsolete. I understand it is possible to do some improvising on dies and bullets if you are an experienced handloader. You could even make your own brass on a small lathe, probably out of .357 Magnum.

 

[Polishrifleman]

Thanks again, upon further research I found this great tutorial.

It is the Self Loading Round just to clarify.

http://www.allaboutguns.com/viewtopic.php?p=19342&sid=5bd17a65e0acf3bce7e348b79dfb5c36