Here for your viewing pleasure in Winchester Model 1895 7.62mm Russian Contract Rifle serial number 283932 1916 production and falls within the serial number ranges 174,234-377,412 for the second contract of 200,000 rifles singed 27 August 1915 and completed deliveries by December 1916. Rifle has Russian “XN3” acceptance proof mark on the right side of the frame. It also probably served in the Bolshevik Revolution and Spanish Civil War.
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Very nice!!!
Rates a full 10 on the Coolness Factor scale!!
Thanks for sharing!
Have you shot it?
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"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
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"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
If only it could talk.
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+1 - THAT'S what I call "character" ! !
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Great piece of military history.
Very Cool indeed - now you need to find a bayonet for it.
je suis charlie
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"The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government."
Funny thing about those was they were the most produced in that caliber, yet are the hardest to find.
You can miss fast & you can miss a lot, but only hits count.
Well they were put through hell, it's amazing any at all made it back.
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"I don't want men who miss." -Capt. Leander H. McNelly
Not too many came back...
By the early 1920s, all Civillian owned Guns were being confiscated and lots of people slathered their Guns in Axle Grease or Pig Fat or whatever, wrapped them like a Mummy and hid them well...once those same people and their families were killed, usually no one knew where their Guns were hidden.
Still lots of old Guns hidden in the early 1920s buried over there...now and then some turn up.
It was one bad scene going on...vastly worse than our schools or libraries will ever tell of.
Last edited by Oyeboten; 10-21-2016 at 03:55 PM.
Wow! Great find! I have had the hots for a Russian contract 1895 for some time. I'm a big fan of the 54R and lever guns so this is a great combo! Those were very well liked guns among the men that served with them and thus were usually heavily worn from battle and the elements. Really cool war piece you have there!
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I wouldn't want to face an Army equipped with them. I would love to own one.
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You've definitely capped my day off, thank you!
More "This is what happened when I,,,,," and less "What would happen if I,,,,"
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I think it is a great find to get one of those. I wanted one myself too. When I was a kid, the babysitter's husband showed me his 1895 Win rifle chambered in 7.62x54R. I was in awe at the time too. But he passed it on to his own grown children though. So no luck for me.
Barrel/bore in good shape considering hard service history; will shoot it next week and give range report.
Thanks for the pics varifleman. I look forward to your range report.
A well regulated militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the People to keep and bear arms *shall not be infringed*.
"The greatest danger to American freedom is a government that ignores the Constitution."
- Thomas Jefferson
"While the people have property, arms in their hands, and only a spark of noble spirit, the most corrupt Congress must be mad to form any project of tyranny."
- Rev. Nicholas Collin, Fayetteville Gazette (N.C.), October 12, 1789
You are right. The Communists in our academia don't like to tell the truth about the history of Communist/Socialist states. It will be great if it is only done the way they want to do it. Forget about all the mass graves.......you need to break a few eggs....
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