1895 Love affair

[snkbittin]

Even 1/2 Dozen of my favorite Model Lever gun The Beautiful 1895
From Old to new in 5 diffrent Calbers
Left to right
Flat Side in .40-72..this gun is a tack driver

Oct barrel in .38-72..beautiful ..still making cases for it ..the newest arrival

Take down in .30-06..very nice to shoot..with a Lyman 21

Take down in .405..new issue say what you want but its a beautiful pc...i want to darken the wood and add a Providence tool receiver sight

NRA Musket in .30-06...it has Carbine fron stock..i need Musket wood and a front barrel band if any one knows where i might find one

the last one i found on the cheap in a local shop..its in .303 Brit...was refinished/rebuilt along the way..redfield receiver sight..also a real nice shooter
..I love em all...i still need the rest of the 95 Calibers! i wanted to share them with all you hope you likehttp://levergunscommunity.org/download/file.php?mode=view&id=15176&sid=dbb658fb6061fca5a9ccc552996bb43f

[2ndovc]

Love the '95! Here's the three I have right now. I had a second Russian Musket and a couple 30-06's but sold them a while ago.

My Grandfather's 35 WCF
My first one, a .30-06 SRC and a Russian Musket. Been chasing a .303 SRC for as long as I can remember.



Going to have to take some better pictures.


jb

[snkbittin]

Love the '95! Here's the three I have right now. I had a second Russian Musket and a couple 30-06's but sold them a while ago.

My Grandfather's 35 WCF
My first one, a .30-06 SRC and a Russian Musket. Been chasing a .303 SRC for as long as I can remember.



Going to have to take some better pictures.


jb

Very Nice!

[Sixgun]

Please send me your 40-72 flatside. Now! Very nice....all of them.

I've been a collector/shooter for over 40 years and it took till about 20 years ago before I got interested in '95's. Never had one that was not a great shooter. Currently I have a pair of 30-40's, a pair of '06's...one of those look like it was made yesterday, something else I can't remember offhand...and a takedown 35 with the seldom seen hard rubber butt plate. Gonna move that one as, well, I'm gettin old and it's almost time to cash in on seldom used stuff.-----6

My love affair comes with 1886 Winchesters and pre-war single action Colts.

Here's an old pic of 3 of them.



I took this 35 for a walk in the Rockies some years back looking for elk.

[crs]

You know what I like! I have TD shooter (see in pic below)and an unfired Deluxe Looker. They are both Miroku made .405 WCF.

[Chuck 100 yd]

I never used to like the 95 or the 99 for that matter. They do have a way of growing on you though. I just haven't been in the right place at the right time lately to fix that and still own neither.

[ollogger]

Awesome bunch of Lever Guns you guys!



Brad

[AJMD429]

I never used to like the 95 or the 99 for that matter. They do have a way of growing on you though. I just haven't been in the right place at the right time lately to fix that and still own neither.

Same here.....someday I hope to change that...!

[Old Savage]

Ah yes, that .405.

[barbarossa]

I have one of the reissue 95 saddle ring carbines and love it

[crs]

OS,
When I first acquired my .405, you told me to campaign it and since then, it has taken game from pronghorn to Cape buffalo and water buffalo.
I like the cartridge so well that I now have a double rifle in .405; it has only taken one boar, but as soon as my right eye recovers from it's latest operation, I plan to take some exotics with it.

[MrMurphy]

Never shot a 95. One day....

[snkbittin]

Great stuff everyone!!

[tman]

I have one of the reissue 95 saddle ring carbines and love it

Me Too! gun.

[barbarossa]

You don t see too many of the miroku 95 carbines around I wonder how many were made

[hondo1892]

Always liked the saddle ring carbines and wanted one in 30-40. Probably will never own one but I do enjoy lookin at them.

[BenT]

Browning in 30-06
35 Win

Both are very accurate.

I have a new stock for the 35 Win , just haven't gotten around to fitting it. But it is going deer hunting this year.

[Buck Elliott]

And That, gentlemen, is why the rest of us can't have nice things..

The nice things are ALREADY OWNED...! !

[claybob86]

And That, gentlemen, is why the rest of us can't have nice things..

The nice things are ALREADY OWNED...! !

I noticed that too!

[JOHNNY WACKO]

there's another one on my list i will one day check off.
sorry thing is some old guy will have to die and his family sell off his for us to get 1.

that's about how it works. with those old keepers or pay out the yangyand to get 1.

Thanks for sharing those pictures guys,i know how hard it can be to get them up.

[Rube Burrows]

Very beautiful rifles everyone.

[Blaine]

I have a nice JapChester 1895 in 405. "If" I keep it, she will need to have that hard buttplate taken off, properly shortened, and a good "P" Pad installed. She really beats the heck out of me when I touch it off.
Don't really care for the sights, either. Probably needs a tanger.

[Sixgun]

Blaine,
Get a set of dies and handload 300 gr. cast bullets to about 1500 fps which are available from buffalo arms. This load has the kick of a 30-30. You can shoot all day for $15 and don't need a recoil pad.

While I don't have a 405, I do have a 35 which is nothing more than the 405 necked to 35 caliber. This cartridge shoots a 250 gr. bullet the same speed the 405 shoots a 300 gr. at. I load 250 gr. cast at around 1500

I seldom load any of my guns up to their potential, unless it's for hunting.---6

[Pitchy]

Had a original 95 in 30-40 but sold it, spank me.

[Sixgun]

Had a original 95 in 30-40 but sold it, spank me.

Ok Pitchy, drop your pants. Are you gonna scream.....or......moan? ----6

[crs]

BlaineG,
With the 1895 .405, a good recoil pad goes a long way to making them fun to shoot. They are rather light in weight for heavy loads with 300 or 400 grain bullets. However, that same light weight makes them an ideal stalking rifle; in the field, you will not notice the recoil.
Or, you could get yourself one of these double rifles as they tame the .405 right down so it is a pleasure to shoot, even off a bench rest:

[Wildgoose]

I have a nice JapChester 1895 in 405. "If" I keep it, she will need to have that hard buttplate taken off, properly shortened, and a good "P" Pad installed. She really beats the heck out of me when I touch it off.
Don't really care for the sights, either. Probably needs a tanger.

Hey Blaine, I have one of these too and have shot the heck out of it over the last years. Mostly cast bullet loads that really do it all unless you are lucky enough to be able to afford a trip to Africa. Or decide to go shoot a big critter out in the mountains that is as dangerous to you as you are to it.
I fixed the sight issue by putting a tang sight on. Works just fine. One of the black powder cartridge rifle shoots I go to has a side match for lever guns that allows any lever action rifle with cast loads. The 95 is my go to gun for this one shooting form 50 out to 200 yards on steel targets. Always get kidded about being sure I brought enough gun.

[Blaine]

I have a nice JapChester 1895 in 405. "If" I keep it, she will need to have that hard buttplate taken off, properly shortened, and a good "P" Pad installed. She really beats the heck out of me when I touch it off.
Don't really care for the sights, either. Probably needs a tanger.

Hey Blaine, I have one of these too and have shot the heck out of it over the last years. Mostly cast bullet loads that really do it all unless you are lucky enough to be able to afford a trip to Africa. Or decide to go shoot a big critter out in the mountains that is as dangerous to you as you are to it.
I fixed the sight issue by putting a tang sight on. Works just fine. One of the black powder cartridge rifle shoots I go to has a side match for lever guns that allows any lever action rifle with cast loads. The 95 is my go to gun for this one shooting form 50 out to 200 yards on steel targets. Always get kidded about being sure I brought enough gun.

That's really, really spiffy (spiffy? Dang, I'm old)......

I've only ever shot a couple boxes of Hornadys......I have an older .444, so I may pass this one along if someone wants it more than I do.