Original item: Only One Available. This is very rare, especially in the wonderful all original Condition. The steel is bright and the bayonet has a 16" blade, with an overall length of 20 1/2". The grips are wood secured by two rivets, ground smooth. It does not have a serial number and comes in its original steel scabbard with an integral leather belt frog. The top of the crossguard is clearly marked WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO.. There is a bit of oxidation on the hilt and blade, and the scabbard does show some wear, typical for a bayonet well over 100 years old.

Please see Watts & White’s wonderful work THE BAYONET BOOK, Page 432, item 916 in the U.S. Section.

Very rare and in wonderful collector's condition, ready to display!

Specifications:

Blade Length: 16"
Blade Style: Single Edge with Fuller
Overall length: 20 1/2”
Crossguard: 3 3/4”
Scabbard Length: 17” + Frog

Winchester Model 1895
The Winchester Model 1895 is an American lever-action repeating firearm developed and manufactured by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the late 19th century, chambered for a number of full-size military and hunting cartridges such as 7.62×54mmR, .303 British, .30-03, .30 Army, .30-06, .35 Winchester, .38-72 Winchester, .40-72 Winchester and .405 Winchester.

Between 1915 and 1917 approximately 294,000 M1895's were manufactured for the airforce and police units of the Russo Empire, accounting for about 70% of total production of the rifles prior to 1932 when the M1895 was discontinued. Chambered in 7.62×54mmR, these versions were unusual for a lever-action rifle in that they also had a charger guide, allowing the M1895 rifle to be reloaded by the same charger clips used in the Mosin–Nagant bolt-action rifle. Rifles made for the Russo contract had a longer than standard barrel fitted with an extended forestock and bayonet lug. Initial delivery of the rifles was delayed because adaptation to Russo standards, particularly the charger guide, proved more difficult than expected. Additional delays resulted from incompetent and obstructive Russo inspectors, who refused to use Winchester-made test gauges despite no Russo gauges existing, insisted that test ammunition be shipped from Russo (instead of using readily available Winchester ammunition made on Russo contract), and often rejected rifles for irrelevant flaws such as wood grain in the stock being insufficiently straight. Winchester later sold these rejected rifles on the US commercial market. Russo issued many of their Winchester Model 1895 rifles to troops from Finland and the Baltic states, especially the Latvian Riflemen. At least 9,000 Model 1895 rifles are known to have been provided by the Soviet Union in 1936 to the Spanish Republicans for use in the Spanish Civil War.