Russian Winchester 1895s

That's great...for you! Perhaps a couple of dozen crates of them will be added to the next SKS or Mosin shipment. :)
 
Those made up a good chunk of the 95 production. I wonder how many still exist in storage someplace.


Edit: I emailed Westrifle about this just now and Al says they were destroyed and no longer exist.
 
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I've only ever seen one - in the Military Museum of Vytautas the Great in Kaunas, Lithuania.

And like every other firearm on display, some officious Commie nozzle drilled a quarter-inch hole through the chamber.
 
Mark-II said:
Those made up a good chunk of the 95 production. I wonder how many still exist in storage someplace.


Edit: I emailed Westrifle about this just now and Al says they were destroyed and no longer exist.
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That would be exceptionally unfortunate. Do you know the story behind this?

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Finland took lots away from the Russians.............Harold
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I wonder if there is any way to track those rifles.
 
Someone told me at one time that Russia had a warehouse with a large stockpile of them collecting dust. Sounds like a fantasy story to me. Would be cool if it was true - I suppose with all the stock piled mosins and sks's exported as surplus by the truck load, there may be a small chance it is true.
 
Back in the late 50s and early 60s, there were several thousand brought into North America by International Firearms. I seem to remember Bannerman's haveing some and also Ye Old Hunter, used to advertise them in hunting and firearms magazines.

They were usually in Fair to Good condition and were never cheap.
 
Russia sent 18,000 Winchesters to Spain in 1936 as military aid to the Republicans. There were two documented shipments of 9,000 and there may have been more.

Regards
TonyE
 
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The Finns rebored /rebarrelled some to 9.3x54R/9.3x53R for hunting .They are quite popular over there.............Harold
 
Bear in mind, the survival rate on these wasn't that high to begin with. 300,000 made, but then WW1, Russian Civil War, Finnish Civil War, Polish-Soviet War, conflicts in China in the 20s & 30s, WW2, Winter War, Continuation War, Spanish Civil War... I doubt there were that many left when they melted them down.

I actually have one as well. Honestly, I can see why they didn't see more military use. Huge cool factor but actually kind of a pain in the ass to load, even with clips.
 
They are kinda cool but as a infantry rifle rather a flop. Hard to load, complicated action, two piece stock, don't function well when the action is dirty and full of crud as in trench warfare of the early 20th century. Not anywhere near as robust in the field as the Mosin Nagant, Mauser, Lee Enfield etc.
 
They were more accurate than all the above and I can't see a Winchester not working regardless of the weather.
 
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