i had been looking at this rifle for some time,a guy i knew had it in his collection,he bought it 30 years ago of another old gun guy. well my friend who owned it died over 4 years ago and his daughter has been selling his guns off ,i finally picked it up a few days ago. Its a 1895 in 405 that was made in 1920. heres some pictures.

Very nice!
Is that comb OK for iron sights?

You have to have pretty good cheekweld to it. my problem is my eyes like a receiver sight better then an open sight. I still am glad it didn't get drilled for a lyman 21 or 38 tho. Don

Ooooooh! Thats a peach!!!!! Thanks for sharing, Loggah!!!!

It is nice! i just wish i knew who did the work.

Beautiful rifle! Excuse my ignorance but is the hole on the right side of the receiver and on top for a sight?

I believe they are gas ports ,in case of a ruptured case.

That make a fellow drool all over himself

That's a great looking rifle, (and I don't even like 1895 Wins)! And in 405 WCF!!

Tell us the story of how that rifle came to be, because it was obviously born into high class!!

That is a beauty! An original 1895 is on my bucket list.

LOGGAH,
YES, I LIKE THE RECEIVER SIGHT TOO ON MY.405 SHOOTER:

The hole on the right side of the receiver is an access hole to remove the finger lever pin (with appropriate punch) so the bolt can be removed for disassembly. Model 94 has such a hole too. Little pin holds the finger lever to the bolt!

If you look at the left side of receiver you see a screw head directly opposite the access hole. Remove this screw and tap out the finger lever pin!

Ah Ha!!!i should have known about the pin in the bolt,i never took an 1895 down ,but i have model 94's.I really dont know much about it ,other than my friend bought it 30 years ago,from Bill Berkbeck who used to be a gun dealer in Conway N.H.,dont know where Bill got it. Don

Yeah! I love tinkering with these things! As I stated in another thread I have a pair of Providence Tool #21's to put on a pair of old 1980's vintage 1895's. One belongs to my old compadre and the other one is mine. Im even considering ordering new wood from Precision stocks and replacing the wood on my 95!

Crescent buttplate. Ebony schnabel inlay. Look more like a Winchester.

I have seen the providence repo sights,if they had a jumping deer on them they would pass for Lyman! ya its to bad this one don't have the ebony insert in the forearm.cant have everything. Don

Don that is a Great rifle! I Still fond of the 405 that I got to shoot tho! Hope to see this one day at the Vaulte!

Thanks for the answer. I was wondering how a sight would go there. Always seen them further back and on the left. Very cool gun indeed.

Well that's f you're gonna install a #21 you do use that front hole for the sight. You have to drill a rear hole in the receiver for the elevator. That front hole gets replaces With a new screw! Pretty simple

Loggah,

Back when I was still working at the shop, a customer came in with two new Miroku winchester 95's he had Providence sights installed on. Naturally they were brought to me for the work. For some reason he wanted them removed and old sights put back. I really didnt think it ethical at the time to ask him if he would Like to sell those sights. But you are right. They are nice sights!!

Awesome!!!!!

.405 Win and curved steel buttplate would be a safe queen at my house! Ouch!

Beautiful rifle!