![]() ![]() 45 Colt, throwing a 180 grain bullet (softpoint or FMJ) at 1900 fps. 351 WSL cartridge is a up-powered stand-in for the. In fact, as Speckin explains, the whole series of Winchester Self-Loaders were designed as smokeless semiautomatic analogs for the saddle carbine role. It is generally seen as being hopelessly underpowered today, and that view has been around for many decades. A gun cannot be appreciated properly without understanding how well it meets its design intent, and this is a large part of why so few people know much about the 1907 today. Speckin begins with a look at the design intent of the Winchester Self-Loader, which is perhaps one of the most important elements of the gun if one wishes to understand them. ![]() It is not a collector’s reference book by any means – it is a guide for the shooter and owner…and it does an excellent job filling that role. Speckin’s work is the only one I know of that is actually currently in print. There is very little modern published information on the Winchester Self-Loaders (the 1905 in. ![]() 351 Caliber: Its Past and Its Future with Modern Brass, Bullets and Powders. The full title of this recently-published monograph by Leonard Speckin is actually Winchester Model 07 Self-Loading. ![]()
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