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SCARCE FLATSIDE Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895.30-40 Krag Lever Action Rifle 1 OF 5,000; Tang Sight, Checkered Walnut
Guns International #: 101714128 Seller's Inventory #: 210260
Category: Winchester Rifles - Model 1895 - Winchester Rifles - Lever Pre-64
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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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Description:
SCARCE FLATSIDE Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895.30-40 Krag Lever Action Rifle
1 OF 5,000; Tang Sight, Checkered Walnut
Here we present an antique Lettered Flat Side Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle, manufactured in 1897 in New Haven, Connecticut, and chambered in .30 US, also known as the .30-40 Krag. This one features a very short, handy overall profile with a barrel length of 22 inches. The walnut stock is checkered on the forearm and the wrist. The rear sight was removed from the barrel and filled with a blank, the receiver is drilled and tapped for a scope mount with filler screws in currently. The tang has a Marbles peep sight mounted.
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 3115. 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. Texas and Arizona Rangers are also known to have carried these in their duties.
The overall condition is fine. Original blue finish. Crisp action. Bright bore with strong rifling. Solid walnut stock. This is a very neat and handy rifle with nice features, a capable (and still available) cartridge, and an antique flatside to boot!
Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.
Barrel is 22 inches.
Caliber: .30 US (30-40 Krag)
Overall condition as seen in photos.
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$4635
#210260
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Antique: Yes