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What it a real world price for a new production 1895? IIRC the one my brother-in-law was looking at was 30-40 Craig. I thought I remembered full retail being around a thousand.... guy my Brother-in-law spoke with said his wholesale cost was $1200.00... unless this is some sort of special edition....I think I smell BS
Thanks

I paid a little less than $1100 for my 100th anniversary SRC in 30-06. the ones chambered for the Krag round came out afterward and have been about $1200. Dollar value vs the Yen may be the reason (or excuse). Here is the link to Davidsons who has them made up.
http://www.galleryofguns.com/gunlocator/gunsearch/Product.asp?Manuf=&item_num=534134115&index=0&max=50&start=50&instock=None&manufact_combo=&mod_ser_combo=None&category_combo=None&model=None&g_type=None&act_type=None&finish_type=None&calib_combo=None&sight_class_combo=None&price_range=None&qPromoID=101&EZ=&left_handed=&youth=&item_only=0&oldsql=WHERE+%28unk2+like+%27%251%27+or+unk2+like+%27%252%27%29++AND+PromoID%3D101+AND+ItemID+%3D+Item%23+order+by+manuf%2C+unk2%2C+unk3

CDNN has military carbine replicas in .30-40 Krag for $1200.00 right now. Very cool rifles...If I had the money, one would be sitting in my safe right now.

Kevin that's the model I have in '06. Put a Williams peep on it and sighted it for 220s at about 2300fps. Didn't get to make meat with it this year but only a matter of time. Currently working on a reduced load to match the aperture sight setting or the open ORE ladder sight. When I do I plan to write an article on "all-round rifles" for one of the back-to-the-land magazines.

Thanks guys, I don't have the link handy, but I saw a Rifle Shooter review of the 1895 where list MSRP was just over $1000.00.... so the 30-40 was a "special run" higher price kind of deal then...?

The article you read in Rifle Shooter dates back several years when Winchester had the 1895 in .405 as a regular production item. The current 1895 Saddle Ring Carbines are special runs by Davidsons. The version in .30-06 was made for that cartridge's centennial and is marked as such.

The .30-40 is a special run for this year, and I understand only 500 were made.

I think I paid around $1300 for this one in .30-06. (It had the normal barrel length and open sights -- Williams added the aperture sight, ramped front sight and recoil pad.)

Maybe I was lucky or maybe it's the caliber, but I picked up a like new one in .270W a couple of years ago in the $700 range. I planned to scope it, but used the "one ragged hole" replacement sight instead. Life is good.

George

Well I just saw and shot the 30-40 he bought....interesting rifle.... ammo is expensive for it and he doesn't reload..... looks like I'll be ordering the dies to do that for him.... was thinking the 30-40 would be fun with cast bullets....
Which model #<or are they all the same> is the Williams sight that fits it? A link to an online source would be much appreciated.
I knew "One ragged hole" made pistol sights.... I need to take a look at ones that would fit this rifle..... off to Google it now... thanks guys

They don't list one for the 1895... did one of these work as is anyway?
http://www.oneraggedhole.com/Winchester_One_Hole_Sight.htm

You want the Williams FP-71 listed here:
http://www.williamsgunsight.com/gunsights/FPpage.htm

Thank you very much

2ndwind

I think that I took the One Ragged Hole off of a model 94. It works fine and looks like the Winchester sight in the add. Good luck.

George