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November 19, 2006
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Regarding M1895 carbines, Roger recently posted a photo of his carbine (the one that had the Lyman receiver sight and no sight cut-out in the forearm wood). Another member posted his carbine with the special order steel shotgun butt (the same that is on my carbine).
My carbine is a fairly late one in the 424,000 range. The other M1895’s I have are much earlier. What interests me is the change in finish – most noticeably the receiver finish. For my carbine, there is not the bright blue my earlier ones have. It is much flatter – closer to black than mirror blue. When did this change? And was it just on carbines?
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April 15, 2005
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Steve,
Winchester changed the bluing type during or just before WW I, and it resulted in the blacker finish that had the flaking issue.
Bert
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November 19, 2006
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Thanks Bert. I suppose the reason I haven’t run across that finish on M95’s very often is most (sporting rifles and carbines) were made prior to that change. The same would be true for M1886 Winchesters – however – I’m not recalling seeing this flatter finish on later Model 1886’s
November 19, 2006
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The finish on this ’94 looks like what Bert is talking about and is very similar to the finish on my ’95 carbine:
April 15, 2005
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steve004 said
The finish on this ’94 looks like what Bert is talking about and is very similar to the finish on my ’95 carbine:
https://www.gunbroker.com/item/960257045
Precisely the same finish type. There were very few Model 1886s manufactured after WW I which is why you do not see them.
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