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1895 winchester

GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
edited May 2007 in Ask the Experts
Does anyone know where I could get a mag follower for a 1895 in .405 win? I tried Buckingham. Thanks Paul
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  • GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Could you factory order a 1895 crescent stock Winchester with a sling. If so what would the sling mounts look like?
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  • GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have noticed some of the 1895 Winchesters are advertised for British 303 caliber ammo and some say 30 Gov 03. Is there a difference in the ammo?
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  • GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Did winchester chamber the mod. 95 in 30-03 caliber? Thanks.
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  • GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Good evening from Northern Minnesota!
    my wife's great grandpa had a winchester 1895 in 405 with the Serial #37067. I am wondering what year it was made? Any help would be greatly appreciated!



    Jerry Yourczek II
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  • GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    A customer has brought me a 1895 Win it needs a new barrel do you know anyone that is qualified it can be a reproduction as long as it will shoot.
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  • Talking HeadTalking Head Member Posts: 108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Yes.
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    And strangely enough, they offered it for a number of years after the 30-06 was introduced.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Hi, Bert: givette here. Just read your post above. Do you know why the mfr. kept 30-03's coming off the assembly line after the 30-06 cartridge was designed? Production inertia? I know this Q. sounds silly, but it peaked my interest. Thanks, Joe
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  • GeriGeri Member Posts: 2,102 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks. I have a friend that I think has one. Just need to get a look at it. What caliber markings should I be looking for? Thanks.
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  • duckhunterduckhunter Member Posts: 7,687 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    .30 wcf.
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  • givettegivette Member Posts: 10,886 ✭
    edited November -1
    Geri: In addition to the sage advice you have already received, look to see if the gun may be marked 30 GOVT 03...If memory serves me correctly, I can dimly recall running across an early 30-06 marked as 30 GOVT 06. I may be wrong, but just keep this info in the back of your mind when you eyeball the rifle. Best, Joe
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  • Talking HeadTalking Head Member Posts: 108 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by duckhunter
    .30 wcf.


    .30 wcf denotes the 30-30 Winchester cartridge, I don't think you would find a Winchester 95 chambered in .30-03 marked that way.
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  • Colonel PlinkColonel Plink Member Posts: 16,460
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by Talking Head
    quote:Originally posted by duckhunter
    .30 wcf.


    .30 wcf denotes the 30-30 Winchester cartridge, I don't think you would find a Winchester 95 chambered in .30-03 marked that way.


    Wasn't there another term for 30-40 (Krag)?

    I'm relying on faulty memory here, but I thought my father's 1895 - in 30-40 - is marked 30 cal. Gvmt (or is it 30 cal U.S.)?...

    Again, it's been a few months since I've looked that closely at it, but that's what I thought it said.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    It has been a long time since I owned any Winchester Model 95's so I'm relying on a fading memory, but I believe the Model 95 calibers mentioned in this thread will have the caliber marked as follows:

    30-03 - 30 Gov't .'03
    30-40 Krag - 30 U.S.
    30-06 - 30 Gov't .'06

    I'm sure current collectors here on the forum will have better information

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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    quote:Originally posted by givette
    Hi, Bert: givette here. Just read your post above. Do you know why the mfr. kept 30-03's coming off the assembly line after the 30-06 cartridge was designed? Production inertia? I know this Q. sounds silly, but it peaked my interest. Thanks, Joe


    I believe that it was offered for two reasons;

    (1) Winchester already had the tooling and dies on hand,
    (2) Some people wanted the 30-03 because it was factory loaded with a 220 grain bullet versus the 150 grain that was standard for the 30-06.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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