I have an 1899 made 30 US 1895, that is made like a Saddle Ring Carbine but solid upper handguard and Lyman receiver sight - Odd thing is it has a rifle style butt and I wonder if it was a rifle cut down many years ago - but has factory saddle ring and - although odd.butt for a carbine, its a handy little carbine and nice shooting.
Beautiful performance and save of a classic firearm. I would rather have a shooter than a wall hanger . They were made for use not looks! Blessings to you and all who did the fine work and dedication to keeping old firearms working. Thank you all again for sharing!
I have a 1895 rifle in 30 US, (30-40 krag) that the barrel was so corroded on the inside a bore brush would get chewed up and ruined trying to push it down the barrel, but the rest of the rifle was in pretty good condition. I purchased it for a very good price and had it a new barrel installed. The gunsmith asked me if I wanted to duplicate the original barrel and I said no because If I ever sold it I didn't want to have someone else claiming that it was original. So I had a ramped front sight installed with a removable hood and small brass bead on the blade and a semi-buckhorn rear sight. I also had him stamp the caliber 30-40 krag instead of 30 US. It's definitely a shooter now and I really enjoy it. With the crescent butt plate and slim forearm it's a wonderful rifle to handle. I just wanted to add that I kept the original barrel and the date of manufacture was 1903. Nothing else was modified or refinished.
Awesome! I love 1895 carbines. I took a pretty beat up 95 rifle that had the barrel cut and some serious sanding marks throughout the rife and converted it to a carbine. After cleaning up the metal I fabricated a three piece stock from a nice piece of walnut. I also had to fabricate, the buttplate, front sight, and the metal wedge on the bottom of the barrel. I also used a modified Krag barrel band. It's an absolute beauty. I have a few winchesters that are in poor cosmetic condition that will go through similar transformations. It's a great way to learn about the firearm and improve your gunsmithing skills using simple tools. THANKS!
Nicely done Mark. I'm still not used to you not being on the ranch, but it looks like you've gotten settled in. I've gotten a little behind on the videos but I just watched the video on why it costs so much to restore a gun. You did a good job of explaining everything but I'm sure there are still people that think it costs too much, and that they should get their gun back in a week or two. There aren't a lot of people that can do that kind of work at the level it needs to be done for a proper restoration, and to be quite honest, I think your prices are more than fair. Congratulations again on a new chapter in your life. It seems like the shop and the location are a perfect fit for you.
Little laughter after every shot, shows how much you enjoy yourself with guns. I was wondering you were calling the rifle a musket. Please enlighten. I am a gunsmith of very basic level have only two old guns but I really love watching videos of old guns real restorations. Best of luck. Regards.
(Mike Cullum) Very cool project and a great idea to get a little something more out of a cut up sporter for sure! I always thought it would have been pretty awesome if the U.S. would have equipped with Winchester 95s or Savage 99s for the Great War. Nothing is more American than a lever gun.
Very nice. Of all the late reproductions of the 1895, I would have loved a Japanese repro of the Russian Musket version - They would be of interest to many I would assume - especially for those of us not able to find originals.
Those guns were also in 38-72 Win. I have become enthralled with this round for some reason and I am building a kit Borchardt in this caliber. I have been able to find some dies and 405 win brass to make them with also a friend has loaned me his 38-72 Win chamber reamer. I will be using a Shilen barrel. It has turned into an expensive project. The dies and brass are very expensive not to mention the barrel and wood. I have owned a lot of Winchester lever guns but never a 1895. There is a .405 coming up in our local auction house in a few days. Think I will go take a look at it...
Happy to see you back on UTUBe I do enjoy you and the content you present by the way at one time I had a 7.62x54r Russian it was a infrunty modle it had a very long barrel
Good solution, Mark. It is my understanding that the standard arshin (pace) which is also the Russian military pace; is exactly 28 inches long. It was adopted in the second half of the 19th century, if I recall correctly. The British/Commonwealth military pace is 30 inches long.
Great Video as always Mark! Was nice seeing you folks at the show! We had a great time there. Let me know if you find a 1886 Winchester SRC front barrel band. I have been unable to find one for quite some time. Keep up the great work!😁
Ok I officially hate you! I can’t EVER get the barrel band screw to go in that easily NEVER! Guess that’s why you are a gunsmith and I am NOT. Great video
A guy brought in a 95, that he inherited from his grandfather, to the local gunsmith. It had been rebarreled with a 20" barrel, but didn't know the caliber. One chamber casting later and it turned out to be a 6.5 Carcano! What is the strangest caliber you've seen these rechambered or rebarreled in?
Very nice 😊 I have a1895 contract wichester in very good condition, with the bayonet and the tool that the rifle was issues with. How much do these go for in USA these days?
🇫🇮old Mil rifle . Had to make civilian … like Bill Clinton no bayonet lug, Full wooden Hand guard. These made dangerous Mil rifle an soft civilian shooter👏
This an example something that might be built and sold as an replica. I would buy one, especially if it made in America calibers but I wouldn't turn my nose up at it in British 303 or German 8 mm Mauser. I saw it on Wikipedia, but was it ever made in 8 mm Mausers
@@randyphillips559 I'm not surprised about that, I meant was it even built in that caliber, the only place I had even heard about one in that caliber was in the Wikipedia article on the 1895. I was hoping someone could confirm it was even made in it, I wasn't sure.
Um; how's your shoulder? In my imagination I try to picture the look on the makers of these artifacts if we could show them a High Speed Steel cutter, a carbide cutter, or something like. How about a HSS die for a 14BA screw thread. Again and again and again, thinking of what those engineers achieved with so little makes me wobbly. I wonder if how many years it took for the forge staff to go profoundly deaf? In the very early days of steam it was a struggle to achieve 1/10" cylinder - bore fit. Over here we have a man who built a replica of the Antikythera Mechanism using as close as possible and is known to original materials and techniques. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-wtjvWU0Ij-c.html (are we allowed to encourage each other by leaving links?) Any watchers who get hooked can blame me. Looking at that dovetail foresight, I wonder how many safe edges were on the file? ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-h4KaiG7CpSQ.html I have nothing to do with guns now, but everything you tech folk share is a gem. In the wake of all the trouble you took to preserve the machine, what steps did you take to protect the metal under the hand-guard and fore stock from future rust? Surely moisture is taken up and released from the timber according to ever changing conditions. When soldering sights to barrels, how do you guard against trapped acid flux? There is probably no time to answer; just wondering. Superb channel.
