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Scarce WINCHESTER Model 1895 FLAT SIDE Lever Rifle
Guns International #: 101273948 Seller's Inventory #: 8286
Category: Winchester Rifles - Antique Lever - Antique Rifles - Cartridge
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 .30 US (.30-40 Krag)
Here we present an antique Winchester Model 1895 Flat Side lever action repeating rifle manufactured in 1896 in New Haven, Connecticut, and chambered in .30 US, also known as the .30-40 Krag.
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 and 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 4811. 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 exceedingly rare.
The Model 1895 rifle in .30 US is most commonly associated today with former President Theodore Roosevelt and the Battle of San Juan Hill in Cuba during the Spanish-American War. However, it was also used by many 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 chambered in .405 rifles with him on his 1909 safari to East Africa.
The overall condition is fine. The original blue finish is about 35%. The markings are clear. The stock is in great shape. The bore is in very good condition with strong rifling. The action is excellent. This 1895 Winchester has a bit of everything going for it: an innovative design by none other than John Moses Browning, a history of usage by many of the top hunters of the early-20th Century, a scarce and early variation, and chambered in a neat old cartridge that is still available today!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 28 inches.
Caliber: .30 US (30-40 Krag)
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$4600
#8286
SOLD
Antique: Yes