Lever action 30-40 army

[King carp]

Does anyone in the forum know if the 1895 Winchester lever action was used by our troops during the S.A.W.? I had read that some musket style rifles were tested by the U.S. government. This carbine, chambered in 30-40 was made in 1898 and has seen a lot of use. I think they are kind of neat handy rifles.

[Knute1]

Check out this link from our Chit-Chat pages on the 1895 Winchester. Is the 1895 Winchester you have pictured yours?

http://www.kragcollectorsassociation.org/cgi-bin/yabb2/YaBB.pl?num=1561870501

[psteinmayer]

Hey Culpeper... Chime in here! Culpeper has a full military version of the 1895 Winchester, and it's beautiful! Unfortunately, they didn't get their due. The civilian models however were very popular. Teddy Roosevelt had two of them that he used on his hunting trips to Africa.

[King carp]

Hello: Thanks for the great info. This carbine came in a trade with a 1899 krag carbine that has seen better days. The Winchester was painted with green and brown paint to make it look camoflaged. It took awhile to clean up. The bore is nice. I hope it's a good shooter.

[Knute1]

Glad to see the old girl is in good hands. The 1895 lever action has to be the coolest rifle (aside from the Krag ::) ). I passed up a chance to own a family 1895. But its in the next best place, with my brother, who will be passing it down to one of my sons.

[King carp]

Thank you. I got lucky with the caliber on this one. I have dies and brass because of the krags I own. When I was younger there were 1895's on the surplus market. They were from the Russian purchase in 7.92. Most had seen a lot of heavy use. I always kicked myself for not buying one. They must be pretty well designed and sturdy to work in the Russian winters. Once the weather breaks I hope to see what this old work horse can do.

[Culpeper]

Did someone call my name?

I am still having feed problems with this old girl. It may have to go up to Turnbull's for a full rehab.

[King carp]

That is a great piece of history! Is it in 30-40? It looks to be in nice shape.

[Baltimoreed]

Nice muskets there King Carp and Culpepper, thats on my gotta get me one list or else Ill build my own.

[Culpeper]

Yep. .30-40 Krag. The original barrel was shot out with almost no rifling so I had turnbull spin a new barrel on it.