M1895 Winchester Musket and the Road to Camp Perry

[Culpeper]

I was at the Harrisburg Great Outdoors show and found Sierra had a table. Nice folks there at Sierra. Love their bullets. Anyway I picked up two boxes of the 177 grain SMKs. Figured I could try something different with my .30-40 loads since I saw my shadow on the 2nd. Stupid Groundhog. The sun was out, dude. Open those eyes.

Maybe they will work. Maybe not. I can always use them in my M1 Ball loads for my other Springfields or the Swiss K31 so they will not go to waste.

[Culpeper]

Alrighty. Another not set back but a huge concern. The tip of my forearm is about to split off a piece about three inches long on the left side ahead of the front barrel band. Picture a U looking like fish hook. I figured some of you fellows have done stock work and can speak to the problem. The front band will keep it in place and as long as I don't dink with it I am good to go. However I think the next time I remove the forearm it will break off.

There is a split in the upper hand guard, too, but the clips have been holding that together so I am not too concern for it at the moment.

What are your thoughts?

[RickyG]

When you tire of the 1895 musker I can probably add another krag to your pile lol.

[Culpeper]

When you tire of the 1895 musker I can probably add another krag to your pile lol.

Why would I need another Krag? I have four I have never shot. Not because they a museum pieces but because they are in the middle of the pile and difficult to dig out.

[RickyG]

Lol