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Looking for help with an 1895 in .405 Family gun.
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Old Logger
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November 4, 2024 - 6:32 pm
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My great grandfather bought it new. I got to use it on caribou a couple decades ago. The manufacture date in the books doesn’t line up with when he would have bought it. 24″ Stainless barrel. #422429. 

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1926 per this website.

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Winchester introduced Stainless Steel barrels in the year 1926.  Model 95 s/n 422429 went through the Polishing Room in April 1926.  Have you looked at the barrel date?

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I have not looked at the barrel date. 

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Is there any shipping information? 

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Old Logger said
Is there any shipping information? 

  

No, unfortunately there is not.  The only records that survive for the later production Model 95 is the Polishing Room records.  Take a look at the barrel date… my bet is that it is “26”.

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