Me & My .405 Wrenchester

[Blaine]

I took a look at this and thought it looked like one of those Pancho Villa photos where everyone is ugly as heck and showing off their rifle.....Guilty as Charged!!! I sure love this rifle and need to get dies ASAP.......

[Dave]

Pretty good but you don't have a big hat

[cshold]

The title gave me a flash back to: "The tales of Big Nosed Kate"

[Sixgun]

I got a deal for 'ya--you send me the rifle and I'll send you the dies -fair? ------Sixgun

[Blaine]

I got a deal for 'ya--you send me the rifle and I'll send you the dies -fair? ------Sixgun

Just imagine what Pancho would say to that....

[HATCHETTJACK]

pancho met his match you know, in the deserts down in mexico 405, why heck tubby ya might as well use a 270 or some other similar varmint caliber

[marlinman93]

Never saw Pancho's guys with muffs!

[Kansas Ed]

My 405 is my "go to" rifle. I know that whatever I hit with it, is just flat going down....when you get your dies let us know and I'll share my favorite load. BTW: Check out Hawk bullets website...they make some awsome bullets for the old 405. The 405 is the only cartridge I've used that actually picked up a deer, turned him sideways in mid air, and slammed him to the ground, and since I shoot the 40-82, the 35 Win, the 38-72 and .375 Win. amongst others that is saying something...


Ed

[2ndovc]

I'll never forget the 90% perfect .405 with special order wood and Lyman 21 that I
passed up for $1200 about 15 years ago.

That rifle still haunts me. What a beauty. I was still in college and had to chooes between tuition and the Winny.

Should have bought the Winchester and taken a semester off!

j

[Pathfinder09]

Blaine,

Midway has the dies I think Cabela's does too. RCBS Heritage dies. I love mine. The more of us that shoot this cartridge the more companies will get on board. This is be far my fabvorite rifle.

[Blaine]

I want one of those period correct Layman sights, too......I can only hold about 4" with it a 100 yards with that buckhorn......

[SubDoc]

I had a beaut that I sold to Bryan Pettet to finance another project. I got a good deal so I passed that along to Bryan. He did the same and the guy he sold it to has killed an elk or two with it as I understand it from Bryan.
I sold that rifle and a Harry MCGowen 450 Alaskan on a Winchester model 71 and those mistakes still give me nightmares!

[marlinman93]

Blaine,
Buffalo Arms has Hornady dies for the .405 for under $39.
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,6112.html

[Blaine]

Blaine,
Buffalo Arms has Hornady dies for the .405 for under $39.
http://www.buffaloarms.com/browse.cfm/4,6112.html

Yup.....they have the sight and the 300gr .414 GCed I want, AND the dies.....I just need to see how much Santa is going to leave me with this year

[Don McDowell]

Tubby you think you like that rifle now,just wait till you get a hold of a set of dies and start loading for it. It turns into a really versatile piece of riflery then.

You can get the lyman 21 sight with the correct mounting screws from www.peabodyrifles.com. 175$ If I recall
I like the hornady dies, but I'm thinking adding a Lyman M die to replace the hornady expander might be a good thing to do, especially with cast bullets.

[Ysabel Kid]

Had to look twice - all I saw the first time was a beautiful 1895!

[Ysabel Kid]

By the way, you're going to have to drop the "Tubby" moniker. You are down-right small compared to the fellas who always end up sitting next to me when I'm on a plane. Never fails!

[Blaine]

I had a beaut that I sold to Bryan Pettet to finance another project. I got a good deal so I passed that along to Bryan. He did the same and the guy he sold it to has killed an elk or two with it as I understand it from Bryan.
I sold that rifle and a Harry MCGowen 450 Alaskan on a Winchester model 71 and those mistakes still give me nightmares!

Going to the Puyallup show this weekend on Sat?? You or anyone else that makes it, I'll buy the coffee....PM me for cell phone#

[kimwcook]

Someday, I'll make the Puyallup gun show. It's a drive from my side of the mountains.

[Blaine]

Someday, I'll make the Puyallup gun show. It's a drive from my side of the mountains.

Anytime you're over here, ya got a place to stay, but I don't clean much

[Grizz]

do you have the link to that show? time and address stuff? cost to get in?

make and model of the coffee you're buying?

[Blaine]

do you have the link to that show? time and address stuff? cost to get in?

make and model of the coffee you're buying?

http://www.washingtonarmscollectors.org/shows.asp

I don't know the brand of swill they sell there, but it looks like coffee, anyway........ Randy will have three tables.

[Grizz]

no carry inside? makes the parking lot a target rich environment doesn't it?

[Blaine]

no carry inside? makes the parking lot a target rich environment doesn't it?

Yes...........The Fairgrounds are privately owned and that is part of the rental agreement....