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Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle TEDDY ROOSEVELT Favorite Early Production Repeating Rifle in .30 US (.30-40 Krag)
Guns International #: 101410874 Seller's Inventory #: 20632
Category: Winchester Rifles - Antique Lever - Winchester Rifles - Model 1895
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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.
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Description:
Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle TEDDY ROOSEVELT Favorite
Early Production Repeating Rifle in .30 US (.30-40 Krag)
Here we present an antique Winchester Model 1895 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 5648. 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.
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.
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, an early issue, and chambered in a neat old cartridge that is still available today!
The overall condition is very good. The action is strong and tight. The bore is bright with sharp rifling. This example is just what you’d expect from Winchester, a very solid, well-used rifle!
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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$1985
#20632
SOLD
Antique: Yes