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*WINCHESTER MODEL 1895 SADDLE RING CARBINE.

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:2,500.00 USD Estimated At:5,000.00 - 7,500.00 USD
*WINCHESTER MODEL 1895 SADDLE RING CARBINE.
SN 401959. Cal. 30 Army (30-40 Krag). Standard grade carbine with 22" tapered rnd bbl, pedestal mounted front sight and 1,800 yard carbine/musket rear sight. Left side of receiver has a stud & ring. Mounted with very nicely figured, uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with straight stock and carbine/musket buttplate with trap containing a brass & cord pull-through jag & brush bore cleaning implement (unused). Forearm has grasping grooves with a single band and it also has an upper handguard. While the Model 1895 was produced in fairly large numbers (425,881) the majority of this model was made for the Russian Government (293,816) which leaves only 132,065 regular civilian models in a great variety of configurations, of which 10,000 were purchased by the U.S. Government. The Model 1895 carbine was produced in limited numbers, primarily in calibers 30-03, 30-06 & 303 British. Very few were made in 30-40 caliber. PROVENANCE: Robert C. Renneberg collection. CONDITION: Extraordinarily fine, probably unfired. The metal retains about 99% crisp orig blue with only a small fingernail-size spot on the bottom of the cartridge box which is slightly discolored; buttplate also retains about 99% orig blue with a few small scratches on heel & toe. The wood is near perfect and retains virtually all of its orig factory oil finish. Mechanics are crisp, brilliant shiny bore, appears to be new & unfired. 4-47717 JR262