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=='''Background'''== | |||
The last rifle designed by John Browning for Winchester. The box magazine was for the new pointed or Spitzer style bullets that were introduced in the late 1800's. In production from 1896 - 1934. 426,754 was the total production. Of that number 293,816 were manufactured for the Russian military in the early years of World War One (1914-1918)in 7.62x54 Russian. Among the many calibers the rifle was manufactured for were 30-40 Krag/Goverment, 30-03, 30-06,303 British, 35 Winchester and the most famous caliber the 405 Winchester. Teddy Roosevelt's "big medicine" for lions and other dangerous game in Africa. The Winchester was brought back briefly by Browning in the mid-1980's and then re-introduced by the United States Repeating Arms Company (USRAC) in 1996. It is still being manufactured as of 2009. | |||
[[Image:Winchester-Model-1895.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Winchester Model 1895 .30 Cal - Commercial Version with a few very slight differences between it and the military version.]] | [[Image:Winchester-Model-1895.jpg|thumb|right|300px|Winchester Model 1895 .30 Cal - Commercial Version with a few very slight differences between it and the military version.]] |
Revision as of 23:20, 11 April 2009
Background
The last rifle designed by John Browning for Winchester. The box magazine was for the new pointed or Spitzer style bullets that were introduced in the late 1800's. In production from 1896 - 1934. 426,754 was the total production. Of that number 293,816 were manufactured for the Russian military in the early years of World War One (1914-1918)in 7.62x54 Russian. Among the many calibers the rifle was manufactured for were 30-40 Krag/Goverment, 30-03, 30-06,303 British, 35 Winchester and the most famous caliber the 405 Winchester. Teddy Roosevelt's "big medicine" for lions and other dangerous game in Africa. The Winchester was brought back briefly by Browning in the mid-1980's and then re-introduced by the United States Repeating Arms Company (USRAC) in 1996. It is still being manufactured as of 2009.
The M1895 rifle is seen in:
- Wind and the Lion, The (1975)
- Rough Riders (1997)
- Bad Blood (1981)