Grail gun 1895 SRC

[Scott Tschirhart]

Beautiful

[Ysabel Kid]

Indeed! What caliber? I can't tell from the pictures.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Caliber is not marked anywhere on the rifle. It is chambered for .30-40 Krag. Very smooth and locks up tight. The bore even looks good.

A tight patch slides smoothly muzzle to chamber and back.

[Ysabel Kid]

Very nice! Congrats Scott!

[Scott Tschirhart]

It was marked .30-06 on the tag. But the markings indicate otherwise.

[junkbug]

I look forward to reading about what you think of it, once you get a chance to use it some.

In my personal, not so valuable opinion, the 30-40 Krag, and.303 British, are much better matches for this action. For some geometric reason, the 30-40 and .303 will hold five cartridges, but the 30-06 only hold four.

Awesome looking carbine.

[Scott Tschirhart]

I think the .30-40 Krag is a better choice than the.30-06 simply because of the action and how it locks.

[Ray Newman]

Brings back memories of a 95 I once thought about buying. It was a .30-03 and I foolishly let it go to another home. Long gone days of youth when I did not know any better....

Nice score.

[Galloway]

Fine looking carbine always wanted a 38-72, i passed on a 30 krag years back and still regret it. Let us know how she carries 95s are notoriously awkward in hand. Have fun!

[2ndovc]

All time favorite Winchester!

My SRCs are both .30-06 with a lot of miles, whitetail and round count through the one with the peep sight.

The other two, 7.62x54r Russian Contract and grandpa's .35 WCF.
My opinion is the rimmed cartridges feed better, but none of these have ever let me down.

I've been chasing a .303 SRC for a long time, but the bores are usually non-existent.

Have fun!

[barbarossa]

I love the 95 .I have this miroku version in 30/06

[AmBraCol]

Nice snag. IIRC Teddy Roosevelt used an 1895 in 30-40 Krag in Africa. Again, if memory serves me, he specifically mentions taking a giraffe with it. My guess is his was the rifle length, not the SRC like you got. That looks like a handy bit of ordinance you managed to snag!

[Scott Tschirhart]

One of these rifles is featured in this video.

https://youtu.be/RW2nSO6bi5k?si=Aw4I3JN5Iq8Pr7PS

[Scott Tschirhart]

I love the 95 .I have this miroku version in 30/06

That’s the one I have been hoping to find.

[kaschi]

Scott: If you remove the upper handguard, the caliber designation should be there. Without digging mine out, it's marked on the left side of the barrel as either "30 Army", or "30 US".

[hfcable]

have several original 1895s , including a 405, and a russian musket, and an NRA musket,

but my favorite is this SRC in 30/06 .it has the lyman receiver sight. i have a lower pressure load but with excellent velocity that puts 3 shots in one hole at 50 yds








this is one that i hope to take hunting one day

[OldWin]

Very nice! I don't own a 95. If I did, I'd want one in 30-40 Krag. I have a good friend with a nice carbine like yours. My youngest son has a beautiful special order take down in 35WCF.

[hfcable]

i did have one in 35 WCF...almost too nice to use, and since i had the 405 i sold it to a friend. sorta wish i had kept it. its a great caliber !

[jeepnik]

Here's a question. Since the chamber of the 03 is longer than the chamber of the 06, could an 06 barrel be rechambered to 03?

[hfcable]

do you mean rechambered to 30/03 ? i would think so, but would have to look at all the dimensions to make sure.

[Scott Tschirhart]

Here's a question. Since the chamber of the 03 is longer than the chamber of the 06, could an 06 barrel be rechambered to 03?

I suppose so.

In this case, the .30-06 is too long to chamber. So it’s definitely not a .30-03 or .30-06.

However .30-40 Krag ammo feeds and ejects properly.

[jeepnik]

I was thinking of someone who had an 06 barrel. And wanted to replace a trashed 03 barrel. It seems like an 03 chamber reamer could be used to lengthen the chamber. One of the fellows mentioned seeing / having a trashed 03 barrel. If it could be done he could rebarrel it and keep the original caliber.