How many Winchester 95 shooters are out there

BILLYDIXON · Post by **BILLYDIXON** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:01 am

I hardly ever hear about Winchester 95's. I own 2 original 95 carbine .30/40 Krags. I love to shot em. I'd like to hear from you guys.

Ravenman · Post by **Ravenman** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:26 am

Find here some info and pictures about the great 1895.
http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... f=1&t=1589

pshort · Post by **pshort** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:41 am

Howdy,
I have a new Winchester 1895 carbine in .30-06...
Beautiful rifle, shoots well...

Paul

Sixgun · Post by **Sixgun** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:41 am

I love '95's. They are the best shooters of the Winchester bunch with a very solid lockup. The only downfall is that (my personal opinion) is that they do not lend themselves to tang sights very well.

The 30-40's with their 28" barrels are a blast to shoot with the long 215 gr. Lyman 311284 at 1600. No problem hitting small things (or coming close to 'em

) out to 500 and beyond.-----Sixgun

Took this 35 out to the Rockies

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:18 am

Here's mine, an original Winchester 1895 chambered in 38-72 and with a tapered octagon barrel. Made in 1904 ...

Don McDowell · Post by **Don McDowell** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:24 am

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:18 am

I have this orginal carbine in .30 army. The rear sight was missing and I have a buffington on it. The hand guard wont fit over the sight. I belive this gun was made 1931 right at the end of production. It shoots well but I havent hunted with it or shot it much. I have owned it for about 35 or 40 years.

Shasta · Post by **Shasta** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:40 am

I have three Model 95's, a Browning copy in .30-40, a new-issue tang safety version in .405, and my favorite, an original octagon barreled .38-72.

http://www.levergunscommunity.com/viewt ... =1&t=37307

SHASTA

ving-thorr · Post by **ving-thorr** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:55 am

I have one of the Brownings in .30-06. I plan on taking it elk hunting once I draw a tag here, and hopefully moose hunting someday!

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 10:07 am

My beat up but very accurate 1924 vintage .30 Gov't '06 carbine.

Post by **Hobie** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 11:17 am

I have a Browning .30-40. It is the slickest leveraction I've ever shot, bar none.

Hombre · Post by **Hombre** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:08 pm

KirkD wrote:Here's mine, an original Winchester 1895 chambered in 38-72 and with a tapered octagon barrel. Made in 1904 ...

Just love it!

/Stefan
Sweden

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:29 pm

My Grandfather's .35WCF

Only photo i have for my Russian Musket.

I also have a .30-06 SRC that looks alot like MikeD's.

The Model 95 is my favorite of the Winchester/ Browning designs.
jb

shooter · Post by **shooter** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 12:50 pm

I had a 1932 30-06 that I foolishly sold a while back. It wasn't much of a shooter, but I still wish I'd have kept it.

stew71 · Post by **stew71** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 1:31 pm

Yo. Right here. Chambered in 30-40 Krag. One of my favorite hunting rifles.

BenT · Post by **BenT** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:41 pm

Browning 1895 in 06 and one of the most accurate leverguns I have.

Old Ironsights · Post by **Old Ironsights** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 3:58 pm

I've wanted one in 7.62x54R for a long while...

I wonder how hard it would be to make a "project" '95 into a 54R?

tman · Post by **tman** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:51 pm

SRC 30-06

Mike D. · Post by **Mike D.** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 5:55 pm

I'd love the find a .35 W.C.F. with an unaltered shotgun butt.

Canuck Bob · Post by **Canuck Bob** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 6:17 pm

Sixgun I am so jealous! That comb mounted peep really interests me a bunch.

I've craved a 95 in 303 Brit since I was a boy. Sadly the prices are just too high to realize my dream.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:09 pm

Canuck Bob wrote:Sixgun I am so jealous! That comb mounted peep really interests me a bunch.

I've craved a 95 in 303 Brit since I was a boy. Sadly the prices are just too high to realize my dream.

A .303 SRC is my Holy Grail. Every time I find one I don't have the cash. When I do they are non-existent.

jb

turnkey · Post by **turnkey** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 8:56 pm

I've got the yen for one of the Imperial Russian contract guns.

Alas, but not the coin to aquire one.

2ndovc · Post by **2ndovc** » Wed Apr 04, 2012 9:22 pm

turnkey wrote:I've got the yen for one of the Imperial Russian contract guns.

Alas, but not the coin to aquire one.

I had two but sold one while building my " last " house. It paid for six windows and the front door. But know I really wish I'd kept it. The one I still have was the better of the two,
Not only does it have excellent Russian proof marks it also has A Spanish Loyalist cartouche
On the stock. I wish that girl could talk!

jb

OJ · Post by OJ » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:10 am

For years, the prize largest elk rack (mounted in a cape as an afterthought) hung in a friend's motel in Crested Butte, Colorado - taken with a Winchester 95 in 30-40 Krag - an old "slabsides yet. Was shot on Kebler Pass.

I have to settle for this one given to me by my wife for our 25th anniversary some seven years ago - in 30-06 -

OK - so I admit I did "help" her find it - husbands should help their wives all they can - besides, the more anniversaries that pass, the tougher it is to think up something new. It was "NIB, unfired, with manual" - probably part of an estate and value not recognized by owner -

It shoots even better than it looks, too.

OJ · Post by OJ » Thu Apr 05, 2012 12:12 am

Dunno how this got double posted - first time I posted it - it just froze up and gave no clue what was going on - sorry

BILLYDIXON · Post by **BILLYDIXON** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:05 pm

Thanks for all the pretty pictures. I never did like rifles until I saw these. I really liked the one on the saddle. What hand loads and bullets do u you guys use.
Thanks Again
BD

vancelw · Post by **vancelw** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 1:57 pm

I hunted pronghorn last fall with my newer model Winchester 1895 TD in .30-'06.

It is a very smooth action. Long bolt throw makes tang sights problematic, but I prefer receiver sight anyway.

O.S.O.K. · Post by **O.S.O.K.** » Fri Apr 06, 2012 2:18 pm

I've got two - one original production Winchester from just after the turn of the century - 30 US - was refinished and had the barrel shortened and had a frosted bore when I got it, but I firelapped it and it now shoots just fine though it will foul up pretty quick - absolutely loves .310" cast boolits - Lyman 210 grain gas check. Can shoot those all day with no deterioration of accuracy.

Also have a recent production Miroku in 405 Win. Here's a pic of that and a link to a video of me shooting it - 1/2 speed.

http://www.youtube.com/user/theoriginal ... ature=mhee

buckeyeshooter · Post by **buckeyeshooter** » Sat Apr 07, 2012 6:15 am

30-06 take down, 30-06 carbine and 30-40 carbine here.

cpt Dan Blodgett · Post by **cpt Dan Blodgett** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 2:04 am

BenT wrote:Browning 1895 in 06 and one of the most accurate leverguns I have.

Care to share the loads you are using. I have not found one my rifle likes

H_Talon · Post by **H_Talon** » Sun Apr 08, 2012 3:18 am

here is mine, sorry I don't have a better pic ..

it has been re-barreled by Z hat, it has an octagon barrel with the scout scope base
machined into the barrel, as well as the front sling mount, it's in 358 Hawk ..

skinner rear sight, and leather by Levergun Leather Works.

Talon

BILLYDIXON · Post by **BILLYDIXON** » Sun May 27, 2012 4:46 pm

I just got out of the hospital. Don't want go back there for awhile? I've got a carbine I bought a long time ago. No hand guard rear sight butchered hammer broken. I did find a hammer from that dude with the upside down add in shotgun news it was $150. For some reason 2 30/40 cases the heads were glued into the butt and the lower forum. I thought about making a rifle out ofit. But I think I just want to put a peep sight on it and hunt with this one. I noticed that when I loaded 147gr FMJ that if u feed them fast there no problem of jamming but if u go slow it'll jam. Well I'd like to hear about loading for the guns.
BD

Booger Bill · Post by **Booger Bill** » Sun May 27, 2012 5:35 pm

I have a original 95 carbine in 30-40. For many years I didnt shoot it as the original rear sight was missing. About 8 years ago a old friend mounted another type sight that fit without drilling. I tried it out and was pleasantly surprised how accurate the gun is. I still havent shot it much more since then as I have other fine rifles, but may get back to the program with it.

moodyholler · Post by **moodyholler** » Tue May 29, 2012 10:53 am

I have had
405 takedown riginal
30-06 original
2-405 Miroukus
2-1895 carbines
both in 30 US.
Still have the one with a lyman 21 made in 1925. Shoot 311299's at 1700 fps
accurate, and pwerful. moodyholler

86er · Post by **86er** » Tue May 29, 2012 2:13 pm

Well, CRS used his 405 to take a cape buffalo today in RSA. I won't ruin his story for you but he is shooting .411-400 grain Woodleigh softs and solids at 2125 fps in a 24" barrel. First shot was in the heart and a very quick follow up knocked it to the ground. More details to come (including photos) directly from CRS....

blackhawk44 · Post by **blackhawk44** » Wed May 30, 2012 5:09 pm

Have been using my Browning 95 in '06 for years. With its Marbles tang sight, its a deadly game gun. Its more accurate than most folks would believe. My old partner still has a .35 Winchester that someone cut the barrel back to 22".

OJ · Post by OJ » Wed May 30, 2012 11:32 pm

cpt Dan Blodgett wrote:
BenT wrote:Browning 1895 in 06 and one of the most accurate leverguns I have.
Care to share the loads you are using. I have not found one my rifle likes

I dunno about a Browning 95 but my Winchester 95 30-06 (made by Miroku in 1995) did this with Wolf Gold 180gr copper SP ammo when I zeroed the sights - this was at 100 yards to hit 2" above POA - not bench rest - just fist rest on table at range - those are the pairs - solo shots were elbow rest. The 95 and Wolf ammo do thier job if I do mine -

rustyguns · Post by **rustyguns** » Thu May 31, 2012 12:43 am

Well I guess I should add my 2 cents, My G Grand Father had a 1895 carbine made in 1915, I have a photo of him holding it when he was about 30 years old and a photo of him holding the same gun when he was about 70, I have that rifle today, I wouldn't sell it for all the money on earth. He had other 95's in other calibers but he loved the 06. So I was brought up thinking the 06 was the ultimate caliber and the 95 was the ultimate rifle. I now own a browning also and I have put a copy of the mod. 21 lyman on it and I wouldn't let that one go for nothin ,I hope that my kids appreciate these rifles as much as I do.
I am going to find those photos and post them as soon as I can. It may not be the best rifle ever, but it's a dam good one!

barbarossa · Post by **barbarossa** » Fri Jun 01, 2012 5:51 am

My win 95 src

Goat · Post by **Goat** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 3:12 pm

I am a Marlin owner/shooter but there is no other levergun out there that has such a "classy" look to me as the 95 Winchester. From time to time someone will ask questions here about them and soon pictures are posted too and then I go to wondering how I could get hands one one. The truth is ,sadly enough, I have never seen one in person and therefore never been able to handle one. A few years ago someone posted a picture of a 95 leaned up against a tree in what appeared to be the Rockies. That is one of my favorite pictures that has ever been posted on this site. I think I may do a search and see if I can find it. You folks kindle a fire under me every time the 95 is talked about...I just wish I could hold one to see if they fit me well enough to start saving my pennies for another levergun.

Goat

KirkD · Post by **KirkD** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 4:43 pm

Goat wrote:A few years ago someone posted a picture of a 95 leaned up against a tree in what appeared to be the Rockies. That is one of my favorite pictures that has ever been posted on this site. I think I may do a search and see if I can find it.

Did you take a look at page one of this thread? There's a photo there that sounds like the one you described.

Goat · Post by **Goat** » Sat Jun 02, 2012 5:08 pm

Hey, that's a great photo too but not the one I was thinking about. I did go back and find it though. I don't know how to post a link but it wasn't hard to find.
Goat

t.r. · Post by **t.r.** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 6:46 pm

I had a 30-40 for a time but my "over 50" eyesight was no match for the iron sights so I traded it off. So it goes.

TR

damienph · Post by **damienph** » Sun Jun 03, 2012 7:26 pm

The closest that I have come is lusting after my brother's Browning in 30-40 Krag. Or it was until he had it rebarreled to 405 Winchester. I know that T.R. liked it but I would have kept it in 30-40.
For myself, I want a carbine version in either 30-06, 303 Brit, or 30-40 Krag; in that order.

On second thought, the 303 British and 30-06 tie for first with 30-40 after that. I would be very happy to have a M95 in either of the three chamberings.

OJ · Post by OJ » Fri Jun 08, 2012 11:38 am

t.r. wrote:I had a 30-40 for a time but my "over 50" eyesight was no match for the iron sights so I traded it off. So it goes.

TR

Yep - those who refer to aging as "the golden years" are really still young and those of us in those years realize that yellow stuff isn't really gold - IT'S RUST

I've found the Williams (or any) aperture sights helpful on my rifles - removing apertures makes it ghost ring -

Had my 86 year old eyes relieved of cataracts - second one last month - and that helped but, even a small amount of macular degeneration in my right eye - makes central vision fuzzy and my front sights on my 1911 pistols (even those very large King's Hardballer replacements) are fuzzy and hard to see - not enough to have me quit shooting them, however - apertures not being practical on pistols.

Hard to remember that, when I entered West Point in 1945, I read the 20-10 line with ease - yep - RUST.

BILLYDIXON · Post by **BILLYDIXON** » Mon Jun 18, 2012 11:33 pm

I just noticed on the merzantique.com there r a lot of 95's for sale. I bought several 95's from him years ago. I went up there with a friend who lives in Minn. If you ever get a chance to go go. They have a place outside of Fergus Falls. There two houses one small house is where all the guns r and the larger house is there home. We went thru his garage and there was parked a original GT500. Once you get up were the guns are the lower priced guns r against the wall but there is a long hall way were the high dollar Winchester are located. Well I just wanted to pass this info on.
BD

getitdone1 · Post by **getitdone1** » Tue Jun 19, 2012 7:48 pm

KirkD wrote:Here's mine, an original Winchester 1895 chambered in 38-72 and with a tapered octagon barrel. Made in 1904 ...

KirkD,

Nice picture and gun. I recall some of you other pictures. You know how to do it. Looks like evening sun and that makes for a nice effect.

Don