tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post4764812812410999036..comments2023-10-26T03:19:41.569-07:00Comments on Stephen Bodio's Querencia: Gun Quiz SolutionSteve Bodiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14434597061701369867noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-49290068178898367652013-05-26T11:51:27.356-07:002013-05-26T11:51:27.356-07:00About 9 000 '95s ended up in the Spanish Civil...About 9 000 '95s ended up in the Spanish Civil War. Most of the Russian Wincheters you see on the American market will have "MP8" marked on the stock which suggests the rifle was used by Republican Spain.<br /><br />I have to wonder how common the Wincheter was during the Finnish Civil War because there are no shortages of photographs of them being used by boy-soldiers in the archives. I know a few historians believe most of them were issued to Finnish Guards and the Latvian Riflemen, but no one actually put a number on it.<br /><br />The problem with the Wincheters is they went through several conflicts. We know that with each conflict, the greater the likelihood a rifle will be lost forever-- even if it was never used.Davehttp://www.prickeared.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8732486.post-38776756808216198582013-05-25T21:06:28.584-07:002013-05-25T21:06:28.584-07:00Given the number made, and given the regularity at...Given the number made, and given the regularity at which other types of weapons are unearthed in Central Eurasia in caches, I have heard it suggested more than once that nearly all the Russian 1895s are hidden somewhere, waiting to be imported! Imagine $100 1895s in 2015! I know I'd snap one up!<br /><br />The 1895 is an interesting example of both the desperation of the tsar , and the curiosity of the lever action during the period. Today levers are regularly on scholarly gun blogs considered the forebears of assault rifles - and therefore very modern - but at the time they were considered of limited use, mainly for cavalry, because of their action that worked against the prone shooter.Nathaniel Fitchhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15011387972300996469noreply@blogger.com