Winchester Model 1895 7.62mm Russian Contract Rifle

[varifleman]

Finally found a nice bayonet for this rifle:

[PhillipM]

The 1895 was a tremendous sporting rifle. For military use, it probably was less so, especially given the conditions in the trenches of WWI. Your rifle is a wonderful piece of that bygone era when the futures of nations turned on the bolts of the rifles used by those men. Sincerely. bruce.

The Eastern front was not the stagnant trench warfare of the West.

[JimF]

Russian Winchester M95

Though I don't own one . . . nor ever handled one of the Russian contract rifles . . . . I always wondered . . . .
Do these rifles ever experience "rim-lock" when loading from the stripper clip?

[Johnny P]

That sure is neat! Wonder how and why it ended up here? The cartridge is very versatile and has had amazing longevity. I have had a few fired my way LoL.

In the 1950's outfits like Ye Old Hunter/Hunter's Lodge, and others imported them when they were gathering surplus military arms from around the world. Whether they came direct from Russia or a satellite country I do not know. Most were the worst for wear, with a good one occasionally found. Something close to 300,000 were shipped to Russia in the 1915/1916 time period.

The warning about headspace should be heeded. The receivers were prone to stretching with some of the newer smokeless powder loads.