Thanks to mad dog and Rick, I'm learning some things on the 1895. Since RAS's serial # is just over 7000, does anyone know what year it was manufactured ?
Would need a letter to have a firm date, there are oddballs. But in general I'd stick with Joe's ballpark dates.
Also, an 1895 with a higher serial number above 5000 is going to be an earlier rifle made in 1896, most of the 1897 1895's were a lower serial number from 3000-4999. They started around 5000 and went up and then rolled back to around 3000 somewhere in the mid to high 7000's.
