Original crate of 10 unissued 1895 Winchesters:
https://www.proxibid.com/aspr/C-Extr...ne%3D#topoflot
Original crate of 10 unissued 1895 Winchesters:
https://www.proxibid.com/aspr/C-Extr...ne%3D#topoflot
A man can never have too much red wine, too many books, or too much ammunition
-Rudyard Kipling
Man oh man, wouldn't that be nice to call your own. No doubt best to just look and not touch but the temptation would always be there.
Amazing.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
The only thing better than having all the guns and ammo you'd ever need would be being able to shoot it all off the back porch.
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Already too rich for my blood, I guess I'll have to continue to look for the lost wagon load of them down my way: http://www.in-the-desert.com/1895rifles.html
Regards,
Greg
I don't have much use for folks what shoot holes in a sign like that myself. Total lack of respect for history iffen you ask me.
Some people ya know.
I do love the photo's Greg post of that area. Different I guess. Kind of like the Salt Flats, distance is very deceiving because you got very little reference.
Mountain or hill 50 miles away look about 2.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
Kind of an odd caliber for those rifles. The US military dropped that caliber in the very early 1900's I believe. I love the caliber for a brush gun, though!
Supposition on my part, but I believe .30 Army was pretty popular back in it's hey day. The then primary US Army issue rifle (Krag–Jørgensen 1892–1903) was chambered in it and it's performance made it a popular hunting round. The old ad shown below seems to indicate that the 1895 was at some point sold in just three calibers, with only the .30 Army being smokeless. That might have appealed to many.
Regards,
Greg
Wasn't it one of Teddy's personal favorites, might have my presidents mixed up. I know one was very fond of it.
In Memory of Paul "Dietrich" Stines.
Dad: Say something nice to your cousin Shirley
Dietrich: For a fat girl you sure don't sweat much.
Cue sound of Head slap.
RIP Muggsy & TMan
"If you are a warrior legally authorized to carry a weapon and you step outside without that weapon, then you become a sheep, pretending that JOCKO will not come today."
It's my understanding that it was. He hunted Africa with one chambered in .405WCF that he called "Big Medicine".
This article from American Rifleman states he took a .30-40 Model 1895 to Cuba with the Rough Riders:
https://www.americanrifleman.org/art...hester-rifles/
Regards
Greg