WW1, Spanish Civil War, Winter War, and back home. That rifle has seen alot of history and traveled the world, and its still as beautiful as the day it was made.
Интересно а Сапата или Че тоже с такими вели в бой своих барбудос. На фото у них в основном пп УЗИ. Это то же много зарядное оружие, думаю зимой оно вообще в тему. Перчатки только надо тонкие офицерские.
I worked in a gunshop some years ago and saw a very few of these pass through; quite heavy rifles for their size but the actions were as smooth as butter.
many rifles like this are intentionally heavy to cut down on recoil, or atleast on the gun moving around from it. like a .303 Enfield. short and still easy to maneuver but heavy enough to have very little recoil(and even still in use today under extreme conditions where other rifles would fail much more reliably)
The originals are ghastly expensive, but you can pick up reproduction 1894 Winchester muskets right now. 30-30 isn't nearly the same cartridge as the Russian but it does have that cool long wood vibe.
@@L0stEngineerIt isn't the same without the stripper clip guide, full wood and bayonet mount. Besides, 7.62x54r is probably cheaper than 30-30: whether newly manufactured S&B or PPU, or those with access to steel-cased Chinese surplus. Cheers!
@@Dime_time333 Aye, I've got a good one of those. Really fun to shoot, for sure. Same ammo as my AK, so I can order in bulk more easily for the pair of them, and stupid easy to maintain. Still, I'd trade the pair of them for one of these 1895s if I could find one.
@@NoobsofFredo If you ever decide you don't really need the provenance, I highly suggest looking into the Savage 1899. IMO it's better looking anyway, but I'm also biased just because it's so unusual.
@@cf8979 standard rifle version. They have been making .30-06 and .405 caliber rifles without stripper clips every year, as well as .270 caliber rifles a couple years back. I picked up a .30-06 two years ago. All of these models are standard rifles that are loaded one cartridge at a time.
@@twistedyogert that’s the cool part with the design of this rifle, it has an internal magazine like a regular bolt action rifle so it can use spitzer rounds. No tube magazine.
Dont think it was ever meant to be one. It was a compromise of an old cheap design while having the ability to be clip fed like a modern (at the time) bolt action rifle
They wouldn't be able to add the Russian contract because it's anochronastic of the time period. Though they added the trench gun into the game so it may still happen
Oh yes, the weapons of that era were very interesting and ingenious to some extent. The Mosin 1986 is still used in regular armies, albeit with optics.
@@user-hq7br2nh3r Yes, the Browning Museum in Ogden is really cool. Been a long time since I last went, but the collection is outstanding. It being co-located with the railroad museum makes for a good day.
I went to the Korean War Museum when I was stationed in South Korea in 2017. The saddest thing I saw was one of these in an obrez pistol format. The Soviets gave a bunch of unused surplus weapons to the North Koreans forces. Some poor guy was issued a wrist breaker and it’s now on display for the world to see.
That is very cool, thank you for sharing that. You mention Finland in your message and you have Finland in your username... I'm inclined to think that either you're from there or you're a VEEEEERY big fan of Finland lmao I read 'Year of the Hare' in college, pretty sure that's a Finnish novel, not going to attempt to remember the name. Anno something, I dunno, you people have weird names. But yeah, AMAZING book, and I like how you dealt with those pesky commies in... what was it, 'The Continuation War?' I can't remember, but Simo Hayha is an inspiration to me. Unbelievably based man, truly a legend, he put many a commie into the dirt
@@normanmccollum6082Actually the continuation war went horribly for Finns. it was the war before that, the Winter War in which russia suffered heavy casualties compared to the finns. Finns had casualties of around 26k and russia around 126k, the number could be even higher according to different estimates.
An actual piece of history, I’d love to shoot that, shooting older rifles always gives me a sense of appreciation, because a man might’ve stood behind the same barrel you’re looking down and probably died for a cause they thought was worthy of their life. Truly art
Ian, you need to use your influence to have Winchester or one of the Italian companies produce an 1895 Russian musket version like you show here…the originals are almost impossible to find and too expensive to buy. Great vid!
That would require an excessive amount of tooling up for a novelty build. Also, Winchester isn't the same company it used to be and they don't make these in any kind of quantity year-to-year.
This gun is straight from a video game… thanks so much for enriching youtube shorts with your contributions, just another reason to continue using this platform. Thanks!
Very cool and versatile rifle for sure’ it’s a shame that no one is making decent copies of these today’ would make for one fine hunting rifle for sure
There's a saying about the rifles in WW1. The Brits bring battle rifles, The Americans bring target rifles, The Germans bring hunting rifles, and The Russian bring a rifle
Ever since i saw Ian's video on it ive been absolutely in love with these ones, kever guns are already cool and they aomehow made ones that are just aboslutley 100x cooler. Wish this would see more representation in media, from whatbi understand thwres loads of them in finland rhat have been sporterized so its relitvely feasible to find one in the wild
Love shooting mine. But I'd still take a m91 over the 1895 Winchester if I were in war . Super cool rifles. Prone or rested shooting and loading is rough.
I've got to say, I still can't believe I somehow managed to snag one of these. I had long resigned to the idea that it would always just be a dream, but then I got lucky. I still haven't shot it yet, as it needs some stabilization work done on the stock. It would split at the receiver tangs if I shot it right now, but even just having it is far better than I thought I'd do. At least I have a repro .30-40 saddle ring carbine that I can shoot without worrying until I get the old musket fixed up.
I Inherited my grandfather's good condition US lever action Winchester Model 1895 306 with a peep sight and that steel 'sport butt'. My grandfather made a meager living off Coyote Bounties in Midwest, Wyoming during the great depression. My dad, who cherished the rifle, wisely warned me to avoid getting gouged by the steel crescent butt, by holding it snug against my shoulder when I braved taking a couple good kicks. I had just graduated from high school then, and 40 years later, it brings tears to my eyes remembering my father and his high reverence for fine firearms.
Why modernized? I would like one just like this example. It was designed and made at the perfect point in time, any modernization would totally change its flavor!
@WALTERBROADDUS The BLR and its clone from Henry are a perfect example of what I meant as a modernized design that totally lost the feal and flavor of the previous design. I'm not going to get into a debate over which is the better design because the '95 and the BLR are two very different guns designed at different periods in time for very different markets. I find it interesting that the historically interested crowd of Winchester lovers vertually ignore these two guns, with the exception of the Russian '95, which unti a very few years ago none of us were aware of. I believe this attitude is because both guns kind of missed the mark of what they could have been. The 95 by not featuring stripper clip loading and the BLR with its limited magazine capacity ( it should have been a minimum of 5 plus one, with 10 plus one available). Plus, both guns have nessicaraly left behind the super slick actions of the '66s and '73s by miles. This may be the downfall of the Bond arms levergun, too. It has finally paired the lever with an adequately sized removable box mag, but in doing so, it appears that the lever throw has gotten even worse. I'm saying that with having only observed videos of other people shooting them as I haven't handled one yet, so I may have that wrong, but I don't think so....cheers
@@richardelliott9511 there's nothing wrong with the magazine size of the BLR. It's a hunting rifle. And many states have restrictions on magazine size in a hunting situation. You are not doing magazine dumps on Bambi.🦌 the trade-off is Superior ballistic performance. I suppose you have a negative view of the Savage 99 as well?
I just bought a mosin. That cartridge is way louder then i anticipated 3 foot muzzle flash when you shoot it at dusk and you can feel it in your feet when someone else shoots it. Having that in a level action is insane lol
I played lots of bf1 and the cavalry use this gun I always just called it a Winchester jokingly learning this is an actual Winchester makes me smile and really solidifies my “all lever actions are winchesters” way of thinking
I got a Winchester 1895 but it's the 1905 version, it was even built in 1905/06. Let me tell you, the smell from the exploded gun powder coming from this rifle is incredibly sweet, almost like caramel. It's such a great gun. It's so much fun to use.
most people are unaware how the USA bailed out Russia in both World Wars. In WWII, thru the lend lease act, the US sent million of tons of clothing, medicine, tools, manufacturing equipment, food, trucks, jeeps, motorcycles, ambulances, artillery, rifles, bullets, bombs, mortars and THOUSANDS of fighters and bombers.
I've always loved this version of the lever action rifle. You could use sharp pointed bullets because they didn't go in a tubular magazine that could set off a sharp nose bullet. This allows for better ballistics and a wider range of bullets to handload.
Not only is it a robust lever action rifle, but it also out-performed the Mosin on the front lines. More proof that whatever John touched became a long-lasting and strong gun in its classification.
I had a couple of mosin nagants that I absolutely loved I would love to get my hands on one of these because it's the best of both worlds the rapid-fire of a lever action rifle and the stopping power of the 7.62 x 54R cartridge.
This is one of my grail guns. I fell in love with this thing when I first saw it in BO4, just the idea of loading with a stripper clip. So different from a typical lever-action.
“The Winchester .405 (M1895) is, at least for me personally, the medicine gun for lions.” -Theodore Roosevelt, Scribner’s Magazine (1910). I love this rifle in .405. Theodore Roosevelt wanted this as the military's sniper rifle. This is engineering meeting beauty.
