The 1895s pose for a portrait

[Noah Zark]

Got the 1895s together for a family portrait:



Top: Winchester/Miroku in 405 Winchester; barrel shortened to 20", and a PTC replica Lyman 21 rear sight installed, a green Fire Sight insert out in front, and a Limbsaver recoil pad. IMO, 405s don't "kick" as bad as some make them out to; to me it feels a lot like a 12 ga 2-3/4 high brass load.

Center: Browning/Miroku in 30-40 US; "out of box" stock, and no planned mods.

Bottom: Winchester from early 1900s in 30-06; custom birds-eye maple furniture, reblued, scope mount holes plugged with screws, and firing pin hole in boltface bushed. Ivory front bead, and "wide V" rear sight leaf (This one's been seen on this forum before).

Love them levers.

Noah

[TedH]

Very nice!

[Streetstar]

I love 'em all ! I would love to have a short barreled 405 in my collection --- might give my Guide Gun a run for the money - but would be proud to own any of those rascals

[Sixgun]

I always did like the look of Birds Eye Maple. Saw a Colt Lightning like that one time that was factory original from the early nineties, but I would have had to sell a half dozen 1886's to get it.-------6

[Blaine]

Your modified .405 is sweet! I'd like to do that to mine if I keep it.

[FWiedner]

Dang those are purdy.

Ever had one of 'em out of the house?

[bdhold]

thanks for the droolfest

[tman]

[Noah Zark]

Ever had one of 'em out of the house?

Multiple times, but I've not bloodied any of them myself. Done with hunting unless a coyote wanders into the sights while at the range or in my back yard.

I enjoy busting up dirt clods and claybirds on berms, and chasing plastic soda bottles and empty oil bottles around the berms, too. Cheap reactive targets.

Noah

[MrMurphy]

While I love the way the 95 looks and generally handles "in the hand" i never much did care for how they load. Not one of Browning's better ideas if what I remember on loading them is correct (using the next round to push down and then rotating it?). Never have gotten to shoot one. The Russian army contract modification for charger loading was a much better idea.

[Sixgun]

While I love the way the 95 looks and generally handles "in the hand" i never much did care for how they load. Not one of Browning's better ideas if what I remember on loading them is correct (using the next round to push down and then rotating it?). Never have gotten to shoot one. The Russian army contract modification for charger loading was a much better idea.

Mr. Murphy,
It's really no different than a single column mag.....you know, standard 1911. You just push them in. The difference comes when the 1895 is chambered in a rimmed cartridge, like the 30-40, 40-72, 405,etc. You're supposed to make sure that the rim of the cartridge is in front of the rim of the cartridge that is below it. If not, when retracting the lever to chamber a round, you will be pushing 2 cartridges (or attempting to) in the chamber.

In shooting tens of thousands of rounds out of 95's it has never happened to me and I never used any thought while loading it. In fact, I'm not even sure it could be done intentionally. ----6

[rjohns94]

Very nice

[ollogger]

Very nice trio!!!

sounds like my kind of shooting

ollogger

[M. M. Wright]

Gorgeous guns Noah, I especially like the short barreled 405. Was the wood checkered originally or is that something you added?

[Borregos]

Very nice

[Noah Zark]

Gorgeous guns Noah, I especially like the short barreled 405. Was the wood checkered originally or is that something you added?

Checkered previously; I believe from the factory, given the particular vintage of the Winchester.


Thanks to everyone for the comments!

Noah

[barbarossa]

All you need now is a 95 saddle ring carbine

[Ysabel Kid]

Very nice indeed!