Guns International #: 103112650
Seller's Inventory #: 247559

Category - Winchester Rifles - Model 1895 - Winchester Rifles

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Winchester Rifles - Model 1895
Winchester Rifles

1898 mfr. Antique WINCHESTER Model 1895 .30-40 KRAG Lever Action Rifle Early Production REPEATER in .30 US (.30-40 Krag)

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

Early Production REPEATER in .30 US (.30-40 Krag)

Here we present an antique Winchester Model 1895 Lever Action 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.

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, including 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 good. Some original blue finish with gray patina throughout. The bore is in good condition with strong rifling. The stock shows use and remains solid. Sling swivels have been installed. The rear sight step is absent. A good example of a John Moses Browning designed Winchester—and a pre-1899 antique!

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

Barrel is 28 inches.

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

Overall condition as seen in photos.

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$2600

#247559
 

Antique: Yes

Price: $2,600.00
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