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Besides the 1895 Winchester lever action and a few double barreled rifles, the original 1885 Winchester was chambered in .405. Modern versions include the remake of the 1885 by Miroku for Winchester, a Uberti made 1885, Ruger #1s in blue and stainless and the TC Encore...

Was just wondering if anyone has one and what they are using for loads....

Bob

I have 2 stainless laminates and 1 blue/walnut in Ruger No. 1's. I'm afraid none have been fired yet, but soon I hope.

In my model 95's, both original and new, plus my #1, I run 300 Hornadys with 54 grains 3031, .........it's accurate and puts stuff down!

I have a Shiloh Sporter No. 1 in .40-70 Sharps Straight, I make brass from .405 Win. Does that count? Shoot mostly 410 grain cast bullet with a case full of FFg.

Bob, I have a wood and blue Ruger No1 in 405 Win. My favorite load uses 55 grains of Varget with either Hornady 300 grain fp or sp.

No 1 in .405 here also; i've shot mostly the Hornady 300gr SP bullet......mine shot quite well with the Barnes, still have a box or 2 of those around here, but the Hornadys were much cheaper & they didnt seem to bounce off the local deer.

was shooting 57gr Reloder15 in mine with the Hornadys.

I've had an 1885 Browning reproduction for some years, shot it just last week. I use a 320 grain cast bullet.

Rio7 has a No. 1 L/SS chambered in .405 Winchester with a Skinner peep sight. I shot his a couple of times and enjoyed it.

I would bet that he has used his in the field and on more critters than just about anyone else on this site. Perhaps he will chime in...

Welcome to the board, I have not been to Yellow Knife in a long , long time. Cheers NC

Thanks for all the replies....

I had a stainless Ruger but sold it. Still have one of the Winchester 1885 Sporters with the 24" barrel and nice soft buttpad instead of the steel one. Put a Williams receiver sight on it... Also picked up a TC Encore barrel in a trade from firearms44. Had it cut to 20" to match the 500 S&W and .50 Cal. BP barrels I have...have not even shot that one yet.

Planning on mainly using cast bullets in the .405. Have several molds from the original Lyman 288 grain to a 350 grain RCBS.... Was hoping to hunt with the TC last year but time ran out for making up a good load so just hunted with a .358 again.... Accurate Molds has several great designs but just can't justify another mold right now...

Bob

Had an old capegun a few years back, .405/16 ga. Fun gun and easy to load up. The regulation load was stout.

I've used the two cast bullet moulds you mentioned and both shot well, but the bullets cast from the RCBS mould were far heavier than what I though they should have been. With wheelweight alloy, I think they were about 380 grains. Perhaps I had an oddball mould. My favorite bullet, cast from an Accurate mould (don't recall the catalog number, but I had a small part in designing it), is a 320 grain gas check design. I only shoot it at a muzzle velocity of a little over 1500 fps. Recoil is tolerable, something that can't said for the heavy loads.

I have a No.1 SS/laminate in 405 Win but did not know they could actually be fired with live ammo. ......... just kidding but,.... it is getting harder to get my toys to the range these days!

Just saw a post over on the 1911 Forums that someone was looking for .405 brass.... Had no clue that Hornady had stopped producing both brass and ammo....

Hope one day they will see fit to make an occasional run to take care of all their customers....

Bob

Yeah Bob, I heard quite a while back they had quit making the brass, so when I ran into a fella selling 2 unopened 50 count boxes of Hornady brass, I scooped it up. They are still making the bullets though I think.

Guess there just wasn't the demand....

Going to be kinda hard to sell all those rifles out there for sale if there is no ammo available...

The .405 #1 tropic with 300 gr. Hornady, or 320 gr. cast and 3031, it will shoot a clover leaf at 100 yards, a fun rifle to hunt just about anything with. I have never had to shoot anything more than once with mine. I think you can still get loaded ammo from Buffalo Bore, and brass from Starline, I have a life time supply of ammo and brass for my .405. Rio7

Looked over on the Starline website but they do not make .405...

FYI here... Hornady has no intentions of a 405 brass run anytime soon as Jorge and I found out last year direct from the top horse's mouth....Fortunately both of us bought a good inventory before they disappeared from the shelves however I highly suggest you pounce on any you find even at present inflated prices..

i have been lookin for a nice Ruger #1 in a 405, anyone have one of these for sale ?

I have a Number 1 in .405, I bought the last 200 rounds of Hornady brass I have ever seen online and also have 3 boxes of the Hornady factory ammo, 2 with the pointed bullet and 1 with the original flat point. I found 3 full boxes of original Winchester 300 gr. RN factory ammo online as well. The rifle shoots very close to MOA with the Hornady ammo. I have not yet started loading for it but also stocked up with Hornady and Woodleigh bullets. I'm glad I got all this stuff while the getting was good, because the .405 picture is starting to look a bit bleak.

Those Hornady flat points are impressive on deer. The two I shot with them last fall each traveled about two feet, straight down.

However, I am having shoulder replacement surgery in 2 weeks, so I wonder if I will still be able to use this rifle in the future. The recoil is not horrendous, but it is certainly not a .243.

"However, I am having shoulder replacement surgery in 2 weeks, so I wonder if I will still be able to use this rifle in the future. The recoil is not horrendous, but it is certainly not a .243."

I had rotator cuff surgery two years ago and have worried about the same.... Have not shot the .405 since then but plan to this summer...

Bob

Hope the shoulder is OK after the surgery. I guess you did the PT? A cute therapist helps a guy along quite a bit. I had the same one with my shoulder and back. They know what they are doing with those eye lashes, batting them and leaning forward on purpose. Makes a guy go a lot harder. In PT guys! I thought about a 405 in an Encore. Just haven't done it. Sadly I have enough unusual calibers already and don't need another that Hornady has discontinued. I used to shoot the 180 gr SSP bullet in my 358 Winchester Lone Eagle. Was more fun than a 250 gr bullet. Rusty