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Scarce WINCHESTER Model 1895 FLAT SIDE Lever Rifle
Guns International #: 101196025 Seller's Inventory #: 8290
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 1895 - Winchester Rifles - Antique Lever
Seller's Information
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Seller: AncestryGunsLLC
Company: Ancestry Guns LLC
Member Since: 11/3/16
State: Missouri
Zip: 65203
Country: United States
Phone: (314) 707-7373
International Phone: 314-707-7373
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Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
Payment Types Accepted: Credit Card, Certified Check, Money Order
Description:
Scarce WINCHESTER Model 1895 FLAT SIDE Lever Rifle
Early Production Repeating Rifle in .38-72 WCF
Here we present an antique Winchester Model 1895 Flat Side lever action repeating rifle with a rare tapered octagonal barrel, manufactured in 1896 in New Haven, Connecticut, and chambered in .38-72 Winchester, or more commonly referred to as 38-72 WCF.
The Model 1895 was the first Winchester rifle to feature a box magazine located underneath the action instead of the tubular magazine design, which had remained fundamentally unchanged from the Winchester 1866. This allowed the rifle to safely chamber military and hunting cartridges with pointed bullets. The M1895 was also the last of the lever-action rifles to be designed by John Moses Browning. It featured a rear locking bolt as in his previous designs dating back to the Winchester 1886. The M1895 was the strongest lever-action rifle Winchester had produced, designed to handle the increased pressures generated by the more powerful smokeless powder cartridges entering common use at the time of its introduction.
There were 425,881 Model 1895s produced. The serial number on this rifle is 3674. At around serial number 5000, a new receiver profile was introduced which had fluted sides, as opposed to the original flat sided design. This new receiver reduced the weight of the rifle by a small amount and increased the width by 1/16 of an inch. By serial number 6000, it is thought that the last of the flat sided M1895s left the factory. These early rifles are now quite scarce.
The Model 1895 rifle is most commonly associated today with former President Theodore Roosevelt. However, it was also used by many other famed hunters and adventurers, to include Martin and Osa Johnson, Charles Cottar, and author Stewart Edward White. Gerrit Forbes, first cousin of Franklin D. Roosevelt, recommended the M1895 to Theodore Roosevelt who took two M1895 rifles with him on his 1909 safari to East Africa.
The overall condition is near fine. Much of the original blue finish remains, turning a plum color with age. The markings are clear. The stock is in nice shape, smooth and solid. The bore is in great shape with sharp rifling. The action is excellent. Here is a scarce, early 1895 Winchester with the flat sided receiver in a cartridge that was nearly unique to this rifle which many still reload for today!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 24 ¾ inch octagon.
Caliber: .38-72 WCF
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$3850
#8290
SOLD
Antique: Yes