Winchester Repeating Arms 1895 - Manual (Page 6)

hunters of the day. This advanced rifle gave riflemen of
the past the distinct bullet protection advantages of a box
magazine with the convenient firing speed of a lever
action. You still get all these advantages in your new
Model 1895.
The smooth, sleek, no-snag lines — from muzzle to butt-
stock — make the Model 1895 an ideal saddle gun.
Cycling the lever smoothly moves a cartridge from the
box magazine to the chamber. After firing, working the
lever ejects the empty cartridge nearly straight up and
slightly to the right, over your head. Returning the lever
upward cycles a new cartridge from the magazine into the
chamber. The 1895’s uncanny, reliable, smooth func-
tion made it famous in its day . . . and you will still appre-
ciate this advantage on your new rifle.
T ERMINOLOGY AND DESCRIPTIONS .
Descriptions in this manual generally refer to the gun in
the horizontal position. That is, in the normal firing posi-
tion. For example, the muzzle is forward or front; the butt-
stock is rearward or rear; the trigger is downward or under-
neath; the sight is upward or on top.
Throughout this manual the “action” refers to the
mechanism of this rifle which loads and secures the car-
tridge in the chamber.
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Muzzle
Forearm
Barrel
Buttplate
Buttstock
Ejection/Loading Port
Magazine
Finger Lever
Rear Sight Front Sight
Top Tang Safety
FIGURE 1A