Winchester 1895 Russian
- Category
- Rifle
- Barrel
- 711 mm
- Weight, empty
- 4.20 kg
- Introduced
- 1915
About
What it is, and why it matters
The Winchester 1895 Russian is a military-contract variant of John Browning's Model 1895 lever-action rifle, produced for the Imperial Russian Army during the First World War. Chambered for the rimmed 7.62x54mmR Mosin-Nagant cartridge, it used a box magazine ahead of the trigger guard to safely feed the era's spitzer ammunition, and was unusual among lever guns in accepting Mosin-Nagant stripper clips via a charger guide. Russian contract rifles were fitted with a longer musket barrel, an extended forestock and a bayonet lug. Roughly 300,000 were delivered between 1915 and 1917.
Browning's last lever-action design, the Model 1895 was robust enough for full-power smokeless military cartridges. When the Russian Empire ran short of Mosin-Nagants in WWI, it turned to Winchester for hundreds of thousands of stripper-clip-fed lever guns in its own 7.62x54mmR caliber.
The single largest contract in Model 1895 history; Russian deliveries accounted for the majority of total 1895 production. Many rifles later saw service in the Russian Civil War with both Red and White forces.
Specification
Everything measured
IdentityWhat it is, who built it and when.
- Manufacturer
- Winchester Repeating Arms Company
- Category
- Rifle
- Country
- United States
- Status
- Discontinued
- Produced
- 1915 to 1917
- Variant of
- Military contract
DimensionsAs issued, without a magazine or an optic.
- Barrel
- 711 mm
- Overall length
- 1170 mm
- Weight, empty
- 4.20 kg
ActionHow it cycles, what trips it, and what feeds it.
- Action
- Lever action
- Firing mechanism
- Hammer fired
- Trigger
- Single action
- Capacity
- 5
- Magazine
- Fixed box
MaterialsEach swatch is the material itself, not a colour chosen to stand for it.
- Frame
- Steel
- Barrel
- Steel
- Stock
- Wood
- Finish
- Blued
BallisticsFrom the service cartridge, not a handload.
- Muzzle velocity
- 840 m/s
- Muzzle energy
- 3387 J
- Effective range
- 550 m
- Maximum range
- 1800 m
Trajectory
What the round does downrange
Solved from the muzzle figures and the bullet. The dashed rule is the effective range on the record, and the crosses are the steps the solver returned.
No load solved for this record yetThe flight path is computed from a cartridge and a bullet. This record has no ammunition filed against its chambering, so there is nothing to solve.
Features
What it has
What the record lists as fitted, drawn from the catalogue.
Stripper clip guide
Bayonet lug
Extended forestock
Box magazine
Musket handguard
Standing
How it compares
Each figure against the firearms of the same type and cartridge that record it, or of the same type where that cartridge has too few. Positions are read to the nearest tenth.
| Measurement | This firearm | Median | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| Empty weightAmong 1,612 rifles | 4.20 kg | 3.50 kg | Heavier than about 80% |
| Overall lengthAmong 1,557 rifles | 1170 mm | 1080 mm | Longer than about 70% |
| Barrel lengthAmong 1,659 rifles | 711 mm | 584 mm | Longer than about 80% |
| Magazine capacityAmong 1,611 rifles | 5 | 5 | Holds more rounds than about 60% |
Answers
Questions about the Winchester 1895 Russian
How much does the Winchester 1895 Russian weigh?
The Winchester 1895 Russian weighs 4.20 kg (9.26 lb) empty.
What caliber is the Winchester 1895 Russian?
The Winchester 1895 Russian is chambered in 7.62x54mmR.
How many rounds does the Winchester 1895 Russian hold?
The Winchester 1895 Russian holds 5 rounds, fed from a fixed box magazine.
How long is the Winchester 1895 Russian?
The Winchester 1895 Russian is 1170 mm (46.1 in) long overall, with a 711 mm (28.0 in) barrel.
Who makes the Winchester 1895 Russian?
The Winchester 1895 Russian is made by Winchester Repeating Arms Company (United States). It was designed by John Browning.
When was the Winchester 1895 Russian introduced?
The Winchester 1895 Russian was introduced in 1915 and discontinued in 1917.
How does the Winchester 1895 Russian operate?
The Winchester 1895 Russian uses a lever action, and its firing mechanism is hammer fired.
Compatibility
Which parts fit this firearm
Studio
Every part that mounts on this, resolved
Not a list the maker typed out: the answer comes from the mounts this firearm exposes and the interface each part needs, so it stays right when either one changes.
- Every part that mounts on any firearm in the catalogue
- Interface standards, platforms and fit overrides
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Provenance
What the record holds
Every figure above was taken from one of these pages. The confidence reflects how much of the record came from a page a claim can be checked against.
In service
- Russian Imperial Army
- 1915
- Red Army
- 1918
Provenance
Confidence in this record
82%
Stockists
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API
The call that returns this record
The same fields, in the same units, from the same endpoint the page reads.
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