Guns International #: 102552490
Seller's Inventory #: 217002

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

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

c1903 mfr WINCHESTER Model 1895 .30-40 Krag Lever Action Rifle Browning C&R Modern Box Magazine Lever Action Design

Description:
c1903 mfr WINCHESTER Model 1895 .30-40 Krag Lever Action Rifle Browning C&R

Modern Box Magazine Lever Action Design

Here we present a C&R Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action Rifle, manufactured in 1903 in New Haven, Connecticut. 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.

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. It was also utilized by law enforcement such as Texas and Arizona Rangers.

The overall condition is good. Original patina. Strong action. Bore has good rifling with dim surfaces. The walnut stock is sturdy with an average amount of wear (minor dents and dings). There is a screw absent from the butt plate. A well-used lever rifle from the early-20th Century!

This firearm is classified as a Curio & Relic.

Barrel is 28 inches.

Caliber: .30 US (.30-40 Krag)

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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$1995

#217002
 

SOLD

Curio/Relic: Yes