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There have been a lot of potentially great cartridges and guns that have fell into obscurity because of the lawsuits you mentioned. Ken Waters and others believe this was the biggest blow to the 1895 Winchester. Apparently quite a few of these rifles were loaded with 8mm Mauser cartridges our soldiers brought back from the first World War. Stuffing a 8mm round into a 30 caliber rifle resulted in very detrimental effects to the rifle and shooter. Winchester proclaimed the action was not as safe as the bolt guns of the times and, this as much as anything, helped lead to the demise of a wonderful and accurate lever action rifle.
There have been a lot of potentially great cartridges and guns that have fell into obscurity because of the lawsuits you mentioned. Ken Waters and others believe this was the biggest blow to the 1895 Winchester. Apparently quite a few of these rifles were loaded with 8mm Mauser cartridges our soldiers brought back from the first World War. Stuffing a 8mm round into a 30 caliber rifle resulted in very detrimental effects to the rifle and shooter. Winchester proclaimed the action was not as safe as the bolt guns of the times and, this as much as anything, helped lead to the demise of a wonderful and accurate lever action rifle.
