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Winchester Model 1895 30 GOV'T-06 (30-06) Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Western Americana Start Price:10.00 USD Estimated At:1,850.00 - 3,600.00 USD
Winchester Model 1895 30 GOV'T-06 (30-06) Rifle
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This is a Winchester Model 1895 lever action repeating rifle in .30-06 (30 Gov’t 06)caliber. The rifle has a serial number of 94,***B placing this as manufacture date of 1915. The Winchester Model 1895 has the distinction of being the first Winchester lever-action rifle to load from a box magazine instead of a tube under the barrel. Theodore Roosevelt used a Model 1895 and called it his "medicine gun." In 1908 the 1895 Winchester became the first commercially produced sporting rifle chambered in .30-06 (then called ".30 Gov't 06"). The rifle shows the unique original sights, metal butt plate, ivory insert in the stock, and blue finish on the receiver and barrel.