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Winchester Model 1895 30-40 Krag Caliber
Guns International #: 102589972 Seller's Inventory #:
Category: Winchester Rifles - Winchester Rifles - Model 1895
Seller's Information
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Seller: Big Ir0n
Company: Michael Merker Riflemakers
Member Since: 2/26/07
First Name: Michael
Last Name: Merker
State: North Carolina
Country: United States
Phone: (828) 698-8804
Platinum Seller
Seller: FFL Dealer
Return Policy: 3 day inspection and return policy on used guns.
3 days
Payment Types Accepted: Personal Check, Money Order
Description:
HISTORY BEHIND WHY THIS GUN WAS BROUGHT TO ASHEVILLE PD
Will Harris was a convict with a rap sheet a mile long for everything from burglary to assault. He had even managed to murder a police officer.
Harris showed up in Asheville on November 12, 1906. On the morning of the 13th, he spent $35 buying nice clothes, a Savage .303 rifle, and a jug of bourbon.
He made his way out to Mollie’s sister’s place. Pearl Maxwell lived in an apartment on Valley Street near Eagle Street
an African-American community known as the “Devil’s Half Acre.” It was the place in town for the segregated Black folks to live and run their businesses.
On November 13, 1906 the unthinkable happened in sleepy Asheville, NC. A man named Will Harris opened fire on innocent people on the streets.
Before the dust settled, two policemen and three people were dead and many more wounded.
A mob of some 300 angry, revenge-driven men showed up at the police station. They were organized into groups and sent out to help search for the missing convict.
Some had even loaned guns from Finkelstein’s Pawn Shop before heading out. A bloodhound named Biscuit Eater helped in Harris’s undoing.
It took two days, but on November 15 Harris was found sleeping in a barn outside of the town of Fletcher, some 8 miles away.
He was discovered by a group of men led by a railroad agent named Frank Jordan. When someone from the group shot at him with a shotgun, he dove into a laurel bush for safety.
He promised to kill anyone who strayed too close, and he emptied his rifle into the air over the mob.
The group retreated and waited for reinforcements to arrive via train.
Over 100 men now had their sights on the bush where Harris was hiding. When the men stopped firing, 500 bullets had been shot and Harris had over 100 bullet wounds.
His body was so badly mangled that they had to assume they had shot the right man!
As a result of this horrible event the city of Asheville decided they needed to give their Police Officers a fighting chance if something like this were to ever occur again
They came to realize they needed to up the Arsenal they were provided, resulting in them purchasing 64 of the Winchester Model 1895
This gun here is one of the original of those 64, an amazing piece of history
Condition Of Rife
95% Original Bright Blue
95% wood
Factory Winchester ButtPlate
30-40 Krag Caliber
28in musket length barrel
Price: $6,750.00
Rifle Caliber: .30-40 Krag