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Offline Kent Shootwell

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1895 Winchester carbine
« on: December 11, 2022, 01:37:00 PM »
I got this in a trade for a home made trailer, I haven’t used the trailer for a long time but didn’t need a lever gun. It is easier to store! This one is in 30/40 Army and had a lot of what I call closet engraving, others would say dings and  scratches. After cleaning and touch up of the blue I steamed out some dents and lightly sanded the stock. Adding a couple of coats of Tru-Oil makes it pretty presentable. He even threw in a box of factory cartridges so I’ll have to shoot it I guess!  ::)
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #1 on: December 11, 2022, 02:08:32 PM »
Very interesting. Any guesses as to the vintage?

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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #2 on: December 11, 2022, 03:47:47 PM »
That was a great trade  :)
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #3 on: December 11, 2022, 04:47:25 PM »
By serial # it was made in 1929.
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #4 on: December 11, 2022, 05:53:42 PM »
You'll like it.  '95's are great rifles, although a tad slow to reload.
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #5 on: December 12, 2022, 09:03:54 AM »
Beautiful gun! Wanna trade again? Anyway, enjoy it! And if you need brass I just tumbled a bunch of it at my Gun store job.
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #6 on: December 13, 2022, 12:32:36 PM »
Very nice.  I've been looking for one of these myself.

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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #7 on: December 28, 2022, 04:20:27 PM »
I have one of those from about 1910 in .30-40.  I need a Buttplate for it.  The buttplate was unique to the SRC (it had a trap for cleaning supplies) and no one seems to have an original or copy.  Anyone kn ow of a source?

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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #8 on: January 22, 2023, 10:51:12 AM »
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After cleaning and touch up of the blue I steamed out some dents and lightly sanded the stock. Adding a couple of coats of Tru-Oil makes it pretty presentable.
YIKES! :o Why would you do that?
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #9 on: January 23, 2023, 02:26:55 PM »
YIKES! :o Why would you do that?
When a non collectible gun be comes mine I tend to give it the care that it hadn’t received  for too long. Things that I feel justified in doing to this altered rifle started with a full disassemble and cleaning decades of dirt in dried oil. Then the copper fouling has been removed from the bore. Next the buggered screw that was cross threaded replaced with one I made to fit the odd sized original and the missing take down pug screw machined to fit the receiver. Two of the four non original holes that had been tapped in the left of the receiver got plugged. A previous owner had added a layer of varnish over the many dings and scratches on the wood so after stripping and steaming many of the dents out I sealed the wood and gave it a thin coating of finish. You may see the non factory sling swivels are still there for future use. Touch up blue on raw steel will reduce the speed of rusting on its surface. I’m not going to replace the missing hand guard or rear sight that someone installed in place of the original.
So in short it it suits me to do that.
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #10 on: January 26, 2023, 10:00:48 PM »
Nice carbine Kent.
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Re: 1895 Winchester carbine
« Reply #11 on: January 27, 2023, 09:42:19 AM »

 :) Sir Shootwell  ;)

Darn nice trade Kent.  Really darn nice.  Even nicer after you cleaned it up some and applied some TLC.  Really nice rifle.

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