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Category - Winchester Rifles - Model 1895 - Winchester Rifles

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Winchester Rifles - Model 1895
Winchester Rifles

1898 Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle .30-40 KRAG Roosevelt Favorite of Rangers, Hunters, & Teddy!

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1898 Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle .30-40 KRAG Roosevelt

Favorite of Rangers, Hunters, & Teddy!

Here we present an antique Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Repeating Rifle manufactured in 1898 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 Model 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 14930. 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. Arizona and Texas Rangers are also known to have liked them and purchased them for duty purposes.

The overall condition is near fine. Original blue finish and patina. The action is excellent and smooth. The bore is in very good condition with strong rifling. The walnut stock shows use and remains solid. This one has a shotgun butt stock with the hard rubber Winchester trademarked butt plate. It is easy to see why so many people liked these guns for hard use.

Own the original! This is a legitimate antique and not a reproduction.

Barrel is 26 inches.

Caliber: .30 US (30-40 Krag)

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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Antique: Yes