The Winchester Model 1895 is a leveraction repeating firearm developed and manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the late 19th century, chambered. Gun Collections Online. Specialists in Marketing Your Gun Collections Home Gun Collection Appraisals Sell Your Guns Serial Number Lookup. Illustration courtesy of U. S. Repeating Arms Co., Inc. Probably the most famous, and certainly the most popular, hunting rifle in history is the Winchester Model 1894. Winchester Model 1. Classic Gun Review Win. Winchester Model 1. Classic Gun Review. By Chuck Hawks. Illustration courtesy of U. S. Repeating Arms Co., Inc. Probably the most famous, and certainly the most popular, hunting rifle in history is the Winchester Model 1. T.jpg?1445417331' alt='Winchester Model 12 Serial Numbers By Year' title='Winchester Model 12 Serial Numbers By Year' />nbsp In mid 1938, Remington and the Federal Bureau of Investigation worked together to develop a replacement for the Winchester Model 1907s that were then in. The table below represents the serial numbers and production dates of Winchester Model 12 Shotguns. Winchester Firearms Manufacturing Dates by Serial Number and Year 1866 through the early 1990s The following pages were scanned from documents compiled over the years. Winchester Model 12 Serial Numbers By Year' title='Winchester Model 12 Serial Numbers By Year' />The Model 9. Sales ultimately totaled somewhere around 7,0. Model 9. 4 was discontinued when the U. S. factory was shut down in 2. No other sporting rifle has approached those numbers, and it is unlikely that one ever will. But back in 1. 89. Winchester Model 12 Serial Numbers By Year' title='Winchester Model 12 Serial Numbers By Year' />John Browning completed his design and Winchester began to market it, none of this success was assured. In fact, the Model 1. It was a big leap forward, and a big gamble. The Model 1. 89. 4 could, like the first Colt double action revolvers and many other firearms that were ahead of their time, have been a commercial flop. In which case it would be only a historical footnote today. But, as it turned out, the Model 1. Since the Model 9. I counted 1. 4 versions of the Model 9. Winchester catalog aloneBut for this Classic gun test we are going back to the beginning, with a Model 1. The. 3. 0 3. 0 Winchester is the cartridge that has became synonymous with the Model 1. Introduced in 1. 89. North American sporting cartridge designed for use with smokeless powder. The. 3. 0 3. 0 is a. Viking Saga Full Version. The old factory loads used bullets weighing 1. For a time during the early 2. Century the. 3. 0 3. Winchester was also known as the. WCF for Winchester Center Fire, and occasionally still is. But its original. The. 3. 0 3. 0 ushered in the modern era of high velocity cartridges. It quickly became the most popular hunting cartridge in North America, and is widely credited with killing more North American game than any other cartridge. It also developed big followings in South America, Europe and Australia, so the. For a very long time the. It remains so today. There are a number different of factory loads available for the. The most typical modern factory loads use a 1. MV of 2. 39. 0 fps or a 1. MV of 2. 20. 0 fps. SAAMI maximum average pressure MAP of 3. The Model 1. 89. 4 carbine reviewed for this article is in good mechanical condition. Its original blue metal finish is worn from honest use, but the action is tight and the bore of its 2. The black walnut stock with its shotgun style steel butt plate also shows wear but is generally in good shape. This rifle could still feed a family, or defend the family ranch, if called upon. It wears only iron sights, in this case a Marbles semi buckhorn rear and a blade front sight. The rear sight has one of the smallest and hardest to see V notches that I have encountered in a long time. Frankly, it is a lousy rear sight. This traditional type of Model 1. Guns and Shooting Online Technical Assistants Bob Fleck, Nathan Rauzon and yours truly, who had to do the shooting. The basic specifications of our old Model 1. Caliber. 3. 0 3. Winchester. Magazine capacity 6 cartridges. Barrel length 2. Twist 1 in 1. Trigger pull weight 7 pounds. Length of pull 1. Length overall 3. Weight 7 pounds. We did our shooting at the Isaac Walton rifle range south of Eugene, Oregon. This outdoor facility provides solid shooting benches and target distances of 2. Due to the iron sights and the limitations of our eyes, we did our shooting at 2. We used a Caldwell Lead Sled rifle rest loaded with a single 2. Most shooting was at Outers 1. Small Bore Rifle targets, which feature an 8 diameter black bullseye. I have learned from sad experience that this is the easiest type of target for me to see over iron sights. The big bullseye helps, at least a little bit. First, for reference, I fired a 3 shot group at 2. Remington Express Core Lokt factory loads using a 1. MV of 2. 39. 0 fps. These formed a satisfying for me using that horrible rear sight 1 triangular group. All subsequent shooting was done with reloads, and three different reloads were tried. We fired 3, 4, or 5 shot groups, depending on how well we thought we were doing. We tended to quit while we were ahead. The first of these used the traditional 3. IMR 3. 03. 1 in this instance behind a 1. Speer Flat Point bullet. With this load the MV should be around 2. MAP below 3. 3,0. We did our shooting at 2. Nates group measured a tidy 91. Bobs group went 1 34, and mine strung vertically into 1 34. The average group size for all three shooters was 1. The second reload used the Speer 1. IMR 3. 03. 1 powder for a MV according to the 2. Hodgdon Data Manual of 2. This maximum load essentially duplicates the common 1. MAP of 3. 8,6. 00 cup. Bob and Nate did the shooting with this load at 5. Bob put 3 shots into a very credible 1 38. Nate put 3 shots into 1 18 and 5 shots into 2 18. The average for all groups was 1. This reflects the fact that the limiting factor was not the rifles intrinsic accuracy, but the tiny and difficult to see V notch at the bottom of the Marbles semi buckhorn rear sight. The third reload we tried in the old Model 1. Speer JHP Varminter bullet in front of 1. SR 4. 75. 9 powder for a MV of approximately 1. This is a mild, reduced velocity load that generates very light recoil. Nate did the honors with this load at 5. It was vertical alignment that we found most difficult to determine with that old Marbles rear sight. We all had a good time shooting this old Winchester. It is seldom that we get to take an authentic piece of history to the range and shoot some groups. The experience gave me a renewed appreciation of the inadequacies of the primitive sighting equipment with which many of these old Western rifles were equipped. Note There are reviews of modern Winchester Model 9. Product Review Page.