I've never really looked closely at the Brownings, but I have two original Winchester Model 95's, both in 30-40. My oldest one is a 26" barrelled, crescent buttplate gun made in 1898. I bought it in 1974 and still love it. The other 95 is a cut down carbine style (custom) that left the factory in 1921. I love both of them. I became interested in the Model 95 and the 30-40 Krag cartridge as a young person, reading Harold McCracken's "The Beast That Walks Like Man", about early grizzly bear hunters. When I saw my first 95' in person (the one I still own) I opened the lever and saw this mass of metal brackets and trigger assembly come out of the receiver and extend downward I knew I was in the presence of a mechanical masterpiece and fell in love with it that very moment <img src="/ubbthreads/images/graemlins/smile.gif" alt="" /> I'd like to actually handle one of these modern Brownings sometime and see how they feel. I couldn't live with myself converting an original Model 95 to a newer modern cartridge, but with the Browning 95 I might be interested is some type of "wildcat".
Cliff
Seattle
Last edited by Salish; 06/14/03.
