Error creating thumbnail: File missingWinchester Model 1895 - .30 Cal - Commercial Version with a few very slight differences between it and the military version.Error creating thumbnail: File missingWinchester Model 1895 - .30 Cal - US Military Version. There were also sporting versions which were used by sport hunters and the last remaining cowboysError creating thumbnail: File missingA Russian contract Model 1895 in 7.62x54 Russian. Note the loading bridge over the recieverError creating thumbnail: File missingWinchester Model 1895 carbine - .30 Cal - Commercial Version commonly used by the last remaining Cowboys. The Model 1895 carbine was carried by the old Arizona Rangers in 30/40 government. This is a new manufactured version of this classic rifle.Error creating thumbnail: File missingNew Production model in .405 WinchesterError creating thumbnail: File missingEarly Winchester 1895 once owned by Col. Townsend Whelen. Caliber 40-70. Aftermarket heavy barrel and a custom stock by James V. Howe. Courtesy of the NRA National Firearms Museum.Error creating thumbnail: File missingSporting version of the 1895.
The Winchester Model 1895 was 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. A total of 426,754 were produced - Of that number 293,816 were manufactured for the Russian military in the early years of World War One (1914-1918) in 7.62x54 R. The Russian model looks almost exactly like the U.S. military version with the exception of a loading bridge so stripper clips could be used to load the magazine. Among the many calibers the rifle was manufactured for were .30-40 Krag/Government, .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 2012.
