Does anyone have some pictures or even better, drawings of a take-down system of the m/1895 Win?
I'm going to the gunsmith's on Tuesday and we'll discuss the topic.
He had a couple of ideas, but seeing pics of how it works would help.

Anyone done a conversion that could come with some recommendations on dos and don'ts?
Or know of a system that is absolutely superb?

- Lars

Have your smith over there contact these guys:
Great people.
//www.z-hat.com/

I have a Winchester 1895 takedown and I could take a series of photos if that would help.

There is a "plate" on the forend, and an interrupted thread barrel. The forend is inserted (action open, of course) and turned 90 degrees to a stop. Then a "slide lock" engages the action to keep the plate from accidentally turning.

To handle wear, there is a large screw with a lock pin on the receiver end of the forend. This can be backed out a fraction of a turn at a time to make the forend lockup tighter.

I believe you will find that you can not with out a lot of work, to convert a solid frame to Take Down. We have looked at it and the magazine is very different between the two.

There are two types of magazine systems used in the 1895

The old type used a vee type spring under the forearm to power the magazine leveler.

They later types used a mouse trap type coil spring to power the magazine leveler.

The Browning copies used the later coil spring type.


Doug, our friend Al Pauley, still has some of the 1895 extensions he had made, when I was out there last month.

James Wisner

Schaukis,
You can down load the Winchester 1895 Takedown documentation (with pictures) from the Winchester web site. I did this and have the .pdf soft copy on my computer and the a printed copy in a file with the Win 1895 docs.

Actually, my 'smith came up with the concept.



DocterSight II red dot sight fitted.



The thread is the original - no mods here.
We discussed a half-thread but this is a simpler execution. The downside is 8 twists to take the gun apart but that really is no issue.
On top of the barrel you can see the Weaver rail for the red dot sight. It was fitted on the frame of the old rear sight.
The little protruding "button" below the barrel slides into a hole drilled in the frame of the gun to lock the system.



The latch was taken from a SxS shotgun.



And it works, too.





- Lars/Finland

Nice!

The dog looks happy about it as well.

Lars,
Thank you for posting the pictures.

Could you post pictures "end-on" of the lock-up (mating) areas of the barrel and receiver ?

Thanks

Sorry about the delay in responding!
Herewith the photos.

Lock-up, barrel assembly:



Another photo of the same:



Lock-up, receiver:



- Lars/Finland

Lars,
Thank you very much for the pictures.

So, what is an 8.3x53mm?

Dunno - never heard.
Mine's an 8,2x53R.

A necked-up 7,62x53R (a.k.a. 7,62x54R) to cope with the hunting laws of the '50's in Finland.
A semi-wildcat or factory wildcat ever (and still) loaded by Sako and only ever known in Finland (that's in Europe, not in Wisconsin).
.323" bullet as per the 8mm Mauser.
Typical performance with 200grs bullet @ 2525fps.

- Lars/Finland