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Posted: 9/28/2014 6:11:41 AM EDT
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One of those is on my bucket list for firearms,... Sort of want a 7.62x54r version... Sort of want that medium bore like Teddy used.
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Posted: 9/28/2014 6:50:16 AM EDT
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I saw one back in 1976 at Potomac Arms in Alexandria, VA. It was a 30.06 and I wanted it sooooo bad. But it was well above the price a PFC could afford so I just had to look at everytime I went in there till someone else bought it.
I still see one, now and then, at a gun show, but I no longer deer hunt and don't feel the need for another gun I'll never shoot very much. I have too many now that don't get shot. |
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Posted: 9/28/2014 12:48:15 PM EDT
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When I was a wee lad, one of my parents' neighbors had one.
I could barely hold it up to point it. |
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Posted: 9/28/2014 1:02:50 PM EDT
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Beautiful rifle. The first time I shot one I learned why everyone I knew who owned one wouldn't part with it.
I think that sight may be a M94/92 version, maybe. It is mounted differently becasue it is shorter. Will work just as well, though. Or maybe it is just moved back a little, but I think it might be shorter. It is an actual Lyman-made sight, right? It looks like it. |
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Posted: 9/28/2014 1:39:55 PM EDT
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Browning used to sell Miroku made repros of the 1895. Probably the cheapest way to get an 1895.
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Posted: 9/28/2014 2:48:36 PM EDT
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Beautiful rifle. The first time I shot one I learned why everyone I knew who owned one wouldn't part with it. I think that sight may be a M94/92 version, maybe. It is mounted differently becasue it is shorter. Will work just as well, though. Or maybe it is just moved back a little, but I think it might be shorter. It is an actual Lyman-made sight, right? It looks like it. Yea, it's marked Lyman. |
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Posted: 9/28/2014 2:53:03 PM EDT
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Browning used to sell Miroku made repros of the 1895. Probably the cheapest way to get an 1895. The Miroku's are going for about $1,200 for the rifles and $1,350 for the carbines - limited editions are more.. Winchester hasn't made them since 1932. I got mine for $950 since the barrel wasn't original and the Lyman sight not being correct - still a real nice gun and the "real" thing.. Look on GunsAmerica and there are a few needy Winchesters for less than $900. Most are $2K and up and bluing is faded and stocks ratty - but they are all original. |
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Posted: 9/28/2014 6:47:19 PM EDT
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The Miroku's are going for about $1,200 for the rifles and $1,350 for the carbines - limited editions are more.. Winchester hasn't made them since 1932. I got mine for $950 since the barrel wasn't original and the Lyman sight not being correct - still a real nice gun and the "real" thing.. Look on GunsAmerica and there are a few needy Winchesters for less than $900. Most are $2K and up and bluing is faded and stocks ratty - but they are all original. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Browning used to sell Miroku made repros of the 1895. Probably the cheapest way to get an 1895. The Miroku's are going for about $1,200 for the rifles and $1,350 for the carbines - limited editions are more.. Winchester hasn't made them since 1932. I got mine for $950 since the barrel wasn't original and the Lyman sight not being correct - still a real nice gun and the "real" thing.. Look on GunsAmerica and there are a few needy Winchesters for less than $900. Most are $2K and up and bluing is faded and stocks ratty - but they are all original. Outstanding! You got a heck of a deal. Always better to have the real thing anyway. Browning inexplicably made a bunch of these in .270 Win. In .270 the Browning repro doesn't sell well at all, I've turned down a couple at very good prices because .270 is such an odd choice the 1895. |
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Posted: 9/29/2014 2:48:10 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: The Miroku's are going for about $1,200 for the rifles and $1,350 for the carbines - limited editions are more..  I expected it to go much higher, since most I was seeing were going for at least $1200 at the time, and it was in brand new condition. |
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Posted: 9/29/2014 2:54:49 AM EDT
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Quote HistoryQuoted: Outstanding! You got a heck of a deal. Always better to have the real thing anyway. Quote HistoryQuoted: Outstanding! You got a heck of a deal. Always better to have the real thing anyway. Quoted: Browning inexplicably made a bunch of these in .270 Win. In .270 the Browning repro doesn't sell well at all, I've turned down a couple at very good prices because .270 is such an odd choice the 1895. But a perfect choice for reboring to .35 Whelen! And .270, while not an original chambering, is not a bad choice for a non-traditional chambering. I think the argument that it is too flat-shooting a caliber for a non-scoped rifle is goofy. A flat shooting cartridge can be an advantage with iron sights, just as it is with a scope. Being a bit of a traditionalist, of course, I am not too interested in that chambering in an 1895 rifle, but if I were being strictly practical, I probably would be. |
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Posted: 9/29/2014 10:29:30 AM EDT
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And I think well-done period alterations are often just as cool as unaltered rifles anyway. There is history there. But a perfect choice for reboring to .35 Whelen! And .270, while not an original chambering, is not a bad choice for a non-traditional chambering. I think the argument that it is too flat-shooting a caliber for a non-scoped rifle is goofy. A flat shooting cartridge can be an advantage with iron sights, just as it is with a scope. Being a bit of a traditionalist, of course, I am not too interested in that chambering in an 1895 rifle, but if I were being strictly practical, I probably would be. Quote HistoryQuoted:
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Outstanding! You got a heck of a deal. Always better to have the real thing anyway. Quoted:
Browning inexplicably made a bunch of these in .270 Win. In .270 the Browning repro doesn't sell well at all, I've turned down a couple at very good prices because .270 is such an odd choice the 1895. But a perfect choice for reboring to .35 Whelen! And .270, while not an original chambering, is not a bad choice for a non-traditional chambering. I think the argument that it is too flat-shooting a caliber for a non-scoped rifle is goofy. A flat shooting cartridge can be an advantage with iron sights, just as it is with a scope. Being a bit of a traditionalist, of course, I am not too interested in that chambering in an 1895 rifle, but if I were being strictly practical, I probably would be. I'm with you, a 1895 in .35 Whelen sounds great, but a .270 just doesn't interest me. I like "tasteful" customs too, and customs that make sense. |
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Posted: 9/29/2014 2:27:54 PM EDT
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Krag'em, and bag'em! Sweet rifle. Good on you.
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Posted: 10/5/2014 5:06:51 PM EDT
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Nice 1895.
I picked up a Saddle Ring Carbine version of the 95 in 30-40, made in 1899. It has the same receiver sight (Lyman 31) as yours. Evidently a popular option on these rifles. The rear sight if complete is worth hundreds by itself. Nice rifles with plenty of history. Enjoy and thanks for sharing. |
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Posted: 10/14/2014 3:32:37 PM EDT
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You got a nice one there!
I jumped on an interesting '95 I found at this past weekend's gun show. Of 1912 vintage, a previous owner had rebarreled it with a two-groove, Springfield tube chambered in 30/40 Improved and whittled a new fore arm to fit. I bought it because of it's history, because of its carbine-like handling quality and because I've never fooled around with an Ackley round. After seeing your pictures, now I'm tempted to install a re-pop of that Lyman sight that Buffalo Arms is selling. 
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