OT- Texas Ranger with Win 95, Colt SAA & Gal-Leg Spurs.

[rangerider7]

I just noticed he was wearing gal-leg spurs, pretty neat.

[BwanaDave]

Back in the late 90s Collectors Firearms in Houston had a bunch of 95s from the Rangers. Like the dumb piece of fecal material I can be I didn't buy one when they were cheap.

[Chas.]

You'd probably have ended up with the one with the boogered up crown, like that one in the pic.

[KCSO]

Looks like he was't going to run out of ammo too soon either.

[Booger Bill]

I do have one made in 1931. I bought it about 40 years ago. It didnt have the rear sight and a friend put on this buffington sight. The handguard wont fit over it. It is in .30 army. (30-40).

[Ysabel Kid]

You'd probably have ended up with the one with the boogered up crown, like that one in the pic.

Thinking the same thing!

[rangerider7]

For some reason that was a very popular pose when Texas Rangers posed with a "95". I'm thinking that was the first rifle officially issued to the Rangers that was not bought by themselves and they just didn't take as much care with them. It's just a guess. You would think they would be concern with it hurting the accuracy.

[FWiedner]

He's not pictured prying open a box or digging a hole with the darn thing, and he's not leaning on it like it's a crutch or a cane. The muzzle looks to be resting on / protected by carpet.

Not the way I would choose to treat my weapon just to pose for a photo, but still, what's the harm?

[crs]

My, what big bullets he has! Were those 30-06?

[donw]

isn't that a military version? it has an upper handguard...

where's his badge? the texas rangers normally proudly wore their badges.

very stern, no-nonsense, looking man except the muzzle down on the carpet.

i'd guess the rounds are the 30-40 krag...possibly '06 or 45-70..regardless i would NOT want to have been on the 'business' end of it...

[rangerider7]

This photo was taken around 1915-1930. There was no official badge until 1935. The Rangers carried a "Warrant of Authority and Descriptive List" to show that they were Texas Rangers. Some had custom badges made from the 1880s on.

[Griff]

I believe that belt contains two rows of his handgun ammo.

[Dave James]

95's where the first issued rifles and they where in 30-40 Krag,same rifle the Arizona Rangers carried in their short careers.

The belt appears to be a military cloth belt for 30-40 it had a closed bottom, some what like the bid double gun slides of now a days