I wouldn't get nostalgic, cookie monster eyes over a 95 when compared to a Mauser. I'm only speaking from experience here:
From February by dog team in 30 below, clear through September by canoe, I have hunted moose and caribou with a 95 carbine. Sure they feed well, but you can't push them, pressure wise. Also, there is very little protecting you, in the event of a pierced primer or ruptured case. Though my meat cache is chock full o meat thanks to the 95, it is and never will be in the same league as a Mauser style rifle. There are some clear advantages to the 95 lever gun though: shorter length, quicker to a hot chamber and quicker to a second shot.
Any sort of silt gets in the chamber, the extractor will slip off the fired case head.
Some youtube idiot dumps mud on the action then fires it?!
That leaves no positive impression with me.
Lastly, big deal if some Russians were coaxed into buying lever actions for military service, a sucker is born everyday.
Last edited by mainer_in_ak; 10/09/20.
