The Winchester Arlodel I 894 is strong„ light, and elegant. The breech-bolt, worked by a finger lever, is automatically locked by a vertically moving block, which shows on the top of the gun when closed, and covers the whole rear of the breech-bolt. The firing pin is automatically withdrawn and the trigger locked until the parts are in firing position. A heavy hammer and a strong mainspring enable the use of the heavy Winchester No. 2.t4 primer, lessen the chance of misfires, ancl render unnecessary the use of a sensitive primer in the magazine. The arrangement of the parts is such as to smoothly, easily, and surely cock the hammer, pull out and eject the spent shell, draw the cartridge out of the magazine and insert it into the chamber. The standard length of barrels is 26 inches, and the barrels can be furnished in round, octagon, or half octagon styles. Guns of this model vary in weight from 7 to 73,4' pounds, according to the difference in style. There is also a slight variation, according to size of bore and shape of barrel. A gun with a 26 inch barrel, having a full magozine, will hold nine cartridges in the magazine, which, with the one in the chamber, gives a total of ten shots at the command of the shooter. A gun with a 26 inch barrel, half magazine, will hold three cartridges in the magazine and one in the chamber. A "Take Down" rifle, with a 26 inch barrel and a half inagazine, will holcl four cartridges in the magazine and one in the chamber. Cults chambered for the .32-4o and .38-55 cartridges can be furnished with barrels up to 36 inches in length. Barrels cham bered for the .25-35 or .30 Winchester cartridges are not furnished over 26 inches in length. Rifles of this model can be equipped with Winchester double set trigger, if so desired. The "Take Down" system used on this rifle is the same as the one used on the Models 1886 and 1892 Winchester repeating rifles. The extra light weight Model 1894 rifle is the lightest gun made that handles such a high-powered cartridge as the .30 caliber W. C. F. smokeless. This rifle is a hard, accurate shooter, and a strong, reliable ann. It is made to order according to the following specifications: Round, octagon, or half octagon barrel, 26 inches long or under, chambered for the .25-35 and .3o NV. C. P., .32-4o and .38-55 cartridges.* Full magazine holding 9, or half magazine holding 3 cartriclg,es.
The "Take Down" extra light rifle is similar to the latter rifle, the only difference being that it is a "Take Down," which increases the weight about j4' pound. It can be furnished with interchangeable barrels, the .25-35 interchanging with the .32-4o, and the .3o Winchester*interchanging with the .38-55. In the selection of cartridges for thiS model, for big game, soft pointed metal patched bullets should always be used in prefer ence to full metal patched bullets, as the effect of the,former on animal tissues is much more deadly.
The action, closed and open, of the Model 1894 is shown in Fig,ures t and 12. To dismount the gun, take out the tang screw and remove the butt stock. Take out the ' finger lever pin stop screw and finger lever pin. Take out the link pin screw and link pin. Take out the finger lever and link. Take ont the finger lever link screw, and separate the link front the finger lever. Take out the carrier screw from each side of the gun and remove the carrier. Take out mainspring screw and mainspring,. Take out the hammer screw and hammer, holding up safety catch pin while doing so. Take out lower tang. Take out locking block. Take out the breech-bolt. Take out the cover spring screw and cover spring. Take out the carrier spring screw and carrier spring,. To as renzble the gun, put in the carrier spring and carrier spring screw. Put in the covet *Also the .32 Winchester special.
spring and cover spring screw. Slip in the breech-bolt. l'ut the hammer in place, and slide the tang- into place. Put-in the hammer screw, remembering, that the sear cannot be moved without pressing up the safety catch pin. Catch the mainspring onto the stir rup, and put in the mainspring screw. Slip in the locking block from the top. Put in the carrier and replace the carrier screws, one on each side. Assemble the link to the finger lever. Push the finger lever partly up into the gun, and catch the rear end of the link upon the locking block. Put in the link pin anti the link pin screw. Close the link 'alto gun. put in finger lever pin and finger lever pin stop screw. Slip on the stock, and put in the tang screw.
The Winchester repeating rifle Model 1895, in Military and sporting patterns. was the first box magazine, lever action gun put upon the market. It is light in weight; handsome in form; safe, swift, and sure in action. The moving parts are few and strong. lf he parts are made to gauges by the interchangeable system—not fitted by hand and numbered separately,. The complete gun has been tested at 6o,000 pounds pressure with a .3o caliber Govermnent shell and ball giving velocities of 2,400 feet per second. The regular velocity' required for this cartridge is 2,000 feet. Each gun has been proved in the rough and fini.shed condition, shot to prove the action, and sighted upon a zoo-yard
target. As a single loader, it can be shot 25 times per minute from the shoulder, with aim; as a repeater, at the rate of two to three shots per second, with aim. No other gun offers more advantages in rapidity of action, high velocity, and excellence of material and workmanship than this. The receiver, open at the top, permits the symmetrical locking of the brcech-bolt. The first opening motion of the lever withdraws the trigger from con tact with the sear, before the gun is ludo( kecl, so that it is impossible to fire the pm ex cept when fully locked. The continued opening motion of the lever draws down the locking bolt and withdraws the breech-bolt, cocking the gun and ejecting, the cartridge or fired shell. The breech-bolt, passing over the hammer. presses the firing pin lock against the latter, and makes fast the filing pin. When the breech-bolt is in its rear most position the hammer is made to hold It open by contact, so that the magazine may be easily loaded. When in this position, the upper cartridge in the magazine is so presented as to engage the breech-bolt. The closing action of the lever carries forward the breech-bolt, forcing- the cartridge out of the. magazine into the chamber. After the breech-bolt has reached its closed position, the locking bolt is lifted into place, first locking the gun and afterward unlocking the firing pin. The final closing movement of the lever presents the trigger against the sear, leaving the gun in position for firing. The magazine of the box type, contains five cartridges, and the number in the magazine can always be known by opening the gun, if light serves, or by feeling, if light fails. The magazine follower presents the cartridges to the lower front edge of the breech-bolt in position to be forced into the chamber, and is arranged to prevent the escape of the cartridge following before the preceding one is in the grasp of the extractor, thus preventing the jamming of the g,un by false movement. The disposition of tbe mag azine and parts is such that the gun can be readily used as a single loader, keeping tne magazine in reserve. The mechanism of the system can be easily understood by examining the sectional drawings, Figures 73 and 74, in which the gun is shown closed and open, the left side being cut away to show the interior, To dlaoouni Me gun, remove the forearm, take out the carrier spring, and take off the butt stock. Open the lever and remove the carrier screw and magazine tip screw. These are the two lower screws on the forward end of the frame. Remove the magazine with inclosed carrier, turn out the main spring strain screw, take out the mainspring screw and mainspring. Close the lever and take out the hammer screw and hammer. Remove the finger lever pin stop screw and drive out the finger lever pin from the forward hole in the right side of the frame. Re move the link pin. (This connects the link and the lower tang). The finger lever, link, and trigger can then be removed together. Take out the sear spring screw—the forward screw on the bottom of the tang—and the sear pin. Take out the locking bolt and breech-bolt. To assemlie (lie gun, put in the breech-bolt, assembled complete with firing pin, extractor, and ejector. Put in the locking bolt. Put in the sear, sear pin, and spring. Put in the finger lever, and drive in the finger lever pin from the left side. Put in the finger lever pin stop screw. Attach the link to the lower tang by the link pin, and drive in the finger lever link pin, connecting the link with the finger lever. (The link should be attached to the tang with trigger and friction stud all assembled.) Put in the hammer and hamster screw. Put in the mainspring and mainspring screw, and turn up the mainspring strain screw. Put in the magazine with carrier in place. The carrier is held in place by the carrier screw entering from the outside of the frame. Replace the carrier spring. Put on the forearm and butt stock. To load the maga:ine, seize the cart ridge between the thumb and the forefinger, the bullet lying under the first joint of the forefinger. Push the head of the cartridge into the magazine just forward of the springs, forcing down the follower or the preceding cartridg,e, Figure is. Push the head of the cartridge back between the springs until it lies against the face of the breech-block, Figure 16. Turn the bullet end of the cartridge forward and downward, following it with thumb or finger until it lies in position between the spring,s, Figure 17. The following are the weights: .3o .Ariny or .3o3 British, 28 inch round barrel, weight about 834' pounds;*Carbine, .30 Army, 2 2 inch round barrel, weight about 8 pounds; Musket, .30 Army, 28 inch round barrel, weight about 9 pounds; .38-72 Winchester, 26 inch round bar rel, weight about 73/2 pounds; .38-72 Winchester, 26 inch octagon or half octagon barrel, weight about 83,‘ pounds; .4o-72 Winchester, 26 inch round barrel, weight about pounds; .4o-72 Winchester, 26 inch octagon or half octagon barrel, weight about 834 pounds.