Guns International #: 101283466
Seller's Inventory #: 190900

Category - Winchester Rifles - Model 1895 - Winchester Rifles - Lever Pre-64

Category
Winchester Rifles - Model 1895
Winchester Rifles - Lever Pre-64

Classic WINCHESTER 1895 30-06 LEVER ACTION Rifle

Description:

Classic WINCHESTER 1895 30-06 LEVER ACTION Rifle

WORLD WAR I Era Repeating Rifle Chambered in .30-06

Here we present a Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle manufactured in 1915 in New Haven, Connecticut, and chambered in .30-06. 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. 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 Winchester 1895 was 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 steel has been re-blued and 98% remains. The markings are clear. The walnut stock is in good condition, showing years of honest use. The bore is bright with sharp 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 and it is chambered in a powerful cartridge that is still used everywhere today!

This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.

Barrel is 22 inches.

Caliber: .30-06

Overall condition as seen in photos.

Very Fast. Very Safe. FREE SHIPPING. Will need to be sent to your local FFL or C&R licensee. This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.

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$2875

#190900

SOLD

Curio/Relic: Yes