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Sorry guys....I made a boo-boo. I recalled i punched in the wrong Model numbers. totally my mistake. Great looking gun and worthy of a fine trophy to show for it. Hope the hunting is good.
My first Winchester 1895 ~[lots of BIG pics now!]~
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Your right about it being a nice family peice to have,(and the sling swivels being non oem) dad tells me it filled there freezer most every year with a moose. The main split in the stock is from the time he leaned it up on the front of the truck, then drove off and punched a hole in his radn and busted the stock all at the same time. A few nails and some glue later and he was hunting again, on foot. Seems grandpa had a thing for lever .30's, as the rest of my in heritance includes a savage 99c 308 and a mod 94 trapper in 30-30
Isn't it great how in those days they just fixed it as best they could with what they had at the farm. Good thing there was no McMillan back then!
I bet the radiator was a different story, that sucks!
Nope, the last patent is only that. Unless there was no more applied for it would only have so many dates stamped on it. Same goes for the Remington 12's and 1899 Savage's I've seen.
One possible here is Winchester mass produced the receivers and used them as needed in the following years but did not strike the serial until it was being assembled. Not sure if Winchester did this but Remington sure did with their model 14 slide actions. Some of them are real fun to figure out just when they were built.
The barnwood is Grampa's light plant shed that was built in the early 50's. Mr.Sun and wind and rain has really worked it's magic on there. See how the nails keep falling outof the roof and lay on the front step, not that's weathered! I hope to take the whole kit an kaboodle up home this summer to a couple of the homestead cabins for a photo shoot. One is from 1905 or there abouts by the very first settler, the other from 1907 and it is my Great great Uncle Alvin's place as pictured here. Talk about a then and now photo shoot!
The gent third in from the right is also in that rabbit hunting pic, he is actually holding the 1895 there, not sure what he has here. His last name is Person.
Alvin Olson holding the firewood, Albert Olson is far right with the wash tub.
Short fellah is Robert Lindquist. Second in from left is an Olsen too but his name evades me just now.......... guy with the axe I just figured out to be the neighbor, either Olaf or Arnt Arneson. Most of them came out fro Wisconsin the dreaded winter of 1907, it was a winter to remember.
Roof is caving in now on the cabin but the walls are still strong. Quite impressive.
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Yeah, I think the hunting and sporting arms need a sticky thread for folks to post their vintage iron but then again I am biased. There are so darn many pics to post I don't know if it is worth the effort when it gets passed to the wayside in a matter of days.
I am tempted to put a book together but my writing is as good as a third graders.
I am tempted to put a book together but my writing is as good as a third graders.
How ironic, I just got an email asking me to do four or five write ups on all the old pictures and guns I have for the small local paper at home as a local history segment. That's it, I quit this work stuff. I'm gonna go writing. Anyone got a pen?
Great looking rifle Noel!
I got into the old Remingtons 'cause my pockets weren't deep enough for the Winnys, but I still have a hankering for a nice "95 - carbine is a bonus!
Love your old pics as usual - can you tell me how you have reproduced them in order to post them on here?
I got into the old Remingtons 'cause my pockets weren't deep enough for the Winnys, but I still have a hankering for a nice "95 - carbine is a bonus!
Love your old pics as usual - can you tell me how you have reproduced them in order to post them on here?
Hey,Canuck,again. You don't really need that deep of pockets,just right place at right time. Used to think '95s and Rem 8/81 were UGLY,now can't get enough of them.
#1 is a 405,#2 38-72 paid$175. #3 35WCF-DLX $500,#4 Browning 30-06 and #5 is a Win 270. Figure the 270 might be the most valuable 100yrs from now as nobody wanted a lever in that caliber. Rumor has it that when Winchester realized that they bought them back and re-barreled them to the first run of repo 405's as #1 is.
#1 is a 405,#2 38-72 paid$175. #3 35WCF-DLX $500,#4 Browning 30-06 and #5 is a Win 270. Figure the 270 might be the most valuable 100yrs from now as nobody wanted a lever in that caliber. Rumor has it that when Winchester realized that they bought them back and re-barreled them to the first run of repo 405's as #1 is.
Hey Man. By the looks of things you are having no trouble finding those 8's,81's and 1900s. Great job! When I was searching last year for all those ones I picked up it took dedication beyond belief.
The pictures are just the originals scanned to high resolution on our computer at home. Before the scanner I'd take a digital photo of them and them crop off the curved hour glass edges. It made the pics wonky, cropping also removed those tattered edges which for me adds to the feel of the picture for vintage topics. Now instead of cropping I leave a bit extra all the way around, gives it a lifted off the screen look like it is laying on your moniter, kinda cool I think.
Some of them are real rough. When I win the lottery I will get those ones restored, it can cost as much as $100 each or more. The goal is to have them 8 1/2 x 11" or big as possible without loosing clarity and slapping them up all over the walls with the guns hung with them during display time (when the boys are over)
There's about 156 Sq ft of room in the basement that will have this theme scattered. It will also be the reloading room. Should be quite nice.Guess I better go buy a lotto ticket.......
Forgot to mention the seller got this carbine in White Rock BC, 1971. Did not know the first owner. He also said it did not shoot very well so after a year it has sat collecting dust. Time to find some 200gr KKSPs and work some magic.
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