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Special Order Winchester 1895 Deluxe 30 Army Short Rifle
Guns International #: 100931046 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 1895 - Winchester Rifles - Lever Pre-64
Seller's Information
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Seller: Vintage Arms of Illinois
Company: Vintage Arms Of Illinois
Member Since: 12/27/07
First Name: Mike
Last Name: Quist
State: Illinois
Zip: 60030
Country: United States
Phone: (847) 548-0433
Fax: (847) 223-2162
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: Money Orders, Bank Check, Visa, MC, with fee
Description:
This beautiful 1895 took a bit of detective work to sort out. It had been offered as an all original gun by another dealer for a god awful amount of money, had it been 100% un altered that may have been accurate price. This is what is known per a recent Cody search and the original 1975 Winchester Museum Factory letter that is included with the purchase.:
S/N applied 11/16/1901
Type Rife
Cal 30
Fancy Stock, Checkered stock
Sights Lyman front and rear
Shotgun Butt Rubber
Oil Finish
Received in Warehouse February 12, 1902
Shipped February 14,1902 Order number 131956
Returned March 29, 2902 137116 back in warehouse April 02, 1902 configured as above.#137116
Shipped June 30, 1902 #143976 no details provided other than the date.
So here is what the detective worked had resolve. The rifle now has a correct Winchester metal checkered Butt plate on the original stock and the fitment looks to be factory I believe it was under one of the 2 work orders.
The Rifle is now a short rifle at 22", the bore is mint and the installation is undoubtedly Winchester repair or custom work done in 1931 or early 32 as it is a proof steel barrel and marked made n the USA on the right side. The two digit date under the barrel is 31 so that is consistent. The new barrel has a near perfect bore and 08& blue, when you view it close you can see the darker finish on the barrel and lighter more blushing finish on the receiver, Both the barrel and receiver and proof marked which supports the Winchester rebarrel claim. I believe the Lyman front sight was removed from the original barrel and reinstalled on this one as was the original checkered sporting rifle forend. The new barrel has factory drilled and plugged carbine sight holes but the configuration as finished is of a short rife.
The original Lyman Rear sight has the correct pre 1905 WR mark
The fancy stock is spectacular, The receiver shows far less than normal wear and above average original finish, yes there are some dings and light scratches but it is 115 years old. The pictures tell the tale that this is a special and very pretty gun. I can speculate that the original barrel was replaced to correct a bad bore due to being used with corrosive ammo, or and in my opinion the most likely scenario is it was replaced with an original caliber barrel in short rifle length to provide better balance, this gun balances perfectly just forward of the lever on the magazine and as this and every other 95 show that is the most common contact and carry points.
The interior of the gun is very clean and retain a high degree o original finish.
SOLD
Curio/Relic: Yes