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Kansas Highwall Junior Member Offline Posts: 54 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Jan 31^st, 2026 at 11:02pm	Print Post
	If so, how does it preform compared to the 45/70?
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cellargun Full Member Offline Posts: 132 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2022	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #1 - Jan 31^st, 2026 at 11:26pm	Print Post
	Kansas Highwall wrote on Jan 31^st, 2026 at 11:02pm: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? If so, how does it preform compared to the 45/70? I have one in a highwall with a 30" #3 weight barrel so there isn't much recoil. Factory rifles had a slow twist that are only good with original 210g bullets with ballistics similar to the 41 magnum, not even close to 45/70 performance.


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Otony Senior Forum Member Offline Posts: 286 Location: Bandon, Oregon Joined: Jun 5^th, 2021	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #2 - Jan 31^st, 2026 at 11:47pm	Print Post
	Perhaps you are thinking of the 40-65 Winchester? It is quire a bit closer to the 45-70. As cellargun mentioned, the 40-60 is not a particularly powerful cartridge in comparison.

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1Hawkeye Full Member Offline Posts: 228 Location: South end of Northern Virginia Joined: Jun 29^th, 2019	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #3 - yesterday at 9:31am	Print Post
	The .40-60 was winchester's first attempt at a big game cartridge for use in the 1876 lever action rifle and its quite underpowered compared to a .45-70. From what I've read it was accurate and good for deer sized game but it also isn't as good as the .40-65 in the 65's modern configuration with the rifling changed for heavier bullet weights. The 76 couldn't take the breach pressure of the .45-70 round so winchester had to design several new rounds for the 76.


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cellargun Full Member Offline Posts: 132 Joined: Feb 28^th, 2022	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #4 - yesterday at 6:15pm	Print Post
	Mine is accurate, easy on the shoulder in a 10# rifle, and has that oddball cool factor. And yes, I’m regularly asked, “don’t you mean 40-65?”


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Kansas Highwall Junior Member Offline Posts: 54 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #5 - yesterday at 9:40pm	Print Post
	Actually the first I heard of the 40/60 was from the movie Tom Horn. I reckon my interests circle on ali the rimmed center-fire cartridges. My first was a 30/30, then a 218 Bee and the 45/70. What I love about them is the reloading process. It is easier just like the straight walled cartridges.


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Babydriver Full Member Offline Posts: 226 Joined: Mar 22^nd, 2024	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #6 - yesterday at 10:01pm	Print Post
	What is a rimmed center fire cartridge? Sounds like an oxymoron. Not the member. 🤣🤣🤣🤣👏


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Kansas Highwall Junior Member Offline Posts: 54 Joined: Oct 12^th, 2023	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #7 - yesterday at 10:41pm	Print Post
	The rimmed cartridge, is the oldest of the types and has a rim that is significantly larger in diameter than the base of the cartridge. Rimmed cartridges use the rim to hold the (usually straight sided) cartridge in the chamber of the firearm, with the rim serving to hold the cartridge at the proper depth in the chamber. i.E the 45/70 Gov't


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Schuetzendave Frequent Elocutionist Online Retired Ex-Shooter Posts: 4196 Location: St. Albert, Alberta Joined: Jan 28^th, 2005	Re: Anybody here have a 40/60 Winchester? Reply #8 - yesterday at 11:56pm	Print Post
	They did make a few .40-60 Win 1885 Winchester HighWalls as well. The .40-60 Winchester was made from 1884 to 1934 and used a 210 grain bullet with a velocity of 1,960 fps. The .40-65 Winchester was introduced later in 1887 and used a 260 grain bullet at 1,420 to 1,500 fps. Today many of us are shooting 410 to 422 grain bullets in tighter twist 14:1 barrels on our .40-65 calibers so hard to compare the old .40-60 cartridge with what we shoot in the .40-65s or .45-70s today
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