Winchester Model 1895 Musket Colorado National Guard – .30-40 Krag – M1895

This is a no reserve penny auction for a Winchester Model 1895 Musket lever-action rifle in .30-40 Krag. Serial number – 19606. This rifle is in great overall condition for its age. This particular rifle features a 27 3/4" barrel with an excellent bore, a "National Guard of Colorado" marking seen on the right side of the receiver, and multiple KSM (Kelly S. Morse) proof markings seen on various parts. It was manufactured in 1898 as one of approximately 400 with this special issue National Guard rollmark. These Model 1895 muskets were used extensively by the Colorado National Guard in suppressing miner's unions during the Colorado Labor Wars of 1903 and 1904. A "1A3" stamp is seen on the top of the receiver ring.

The Winchester Model 1895 Musket is a distinctive military variant of John Moses Browning’s last lever-action rifle design for Winchester, blending classic American engineering with turn-of-the-century martial requirements. Introduced in the late 1890s, the 1895 departed from traditional tubular-magazine lever guns by using a box magazine, allowing it to safely fire modern spitzer (pointed) cartridges. The musket version was built to military specifications, featuring a full-length stock with handguard, extended barrel, and long sight radius, often paired with a bayonet lug for service use.

Please refer to the photos as a few hairline cracks are seen on the stock wrist and forend. Also, half of the front sling swivel has broken off.