Serial number 70268 on lower tang, 24 in. blued barrel marked NICKEL STEEL BARREL / ESPECIALLY FOR SMOKELESS POWDER / .30 -GOV'T-'06 with fixed front sight and adjustable rear sight, receiver marked MANUFACTURED BY THE WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS COMPANY / NEW HAVEN, CONN. U.S.A. with box magazine beneath frame, checkered walnut stock and schnabel forend with original crescent buttplate.

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Overall length 42.25 in.

Private Collection, Jackson Hole, Wyoming

DOM: 1913, FFL Status: Curio and Relic.

The Model 1895, conceived by the exceptionally talented John M. Browning, was the first successful box-magazine lever-action rifle. It was designed to accommodate the new high-powered smokeless ammunition, making it suitable for hunting big game around the world.

Overall good estate condition, barrel and receiver have surface scratches, oxidation, and finish wear, receiver has metal missing on top right side, forend has ding front left side, stock has owner embellishments including checkering, images of mountain rams on left side, buck deer, fox, log and hunting dog on right side, buttplate etched with a fox, horseshoe and clover.