The Russian Mosin Nagant Forum

Here for your perusal is Winchester-Lee Model 1895 6mm Navy rifle serial number 18003 with bayonet and scabbard. I should have shipment data from the Cody Firearms Museum in 3-4 weeks.

Very nice

Now that is cool!

Holy smokes I had to google that one, have never seen one. Big congrats on your new rifle, they seem to be seldom seen on the market.

My goodness talk about a time capsule! That is super appealing to my eyes.

That is the first one I have seen that wasn't in a magazine. Impressive!

Sweet. These are one of the neatest rifles from the way back machine. There was one at a gun show here this year. Congrats I didn't know the museum was selling off their stuff. What a place that is. Unbelievable in what they have there.

Thanks for the comments; here are a few photos of bayonet attached.

Here are a box of 20 Remington-UMC 6mm USN ammo and repro clip and wire.

This rifle was part of the second US Navy contract (serial numbers 15001-20000) inspected by Lt John N. Jordan (J.N.J as stamped on top of breech) which were delivered from 1 August through 6 December 1898.

That deserves an OMG!!

Here is he open bolt.

Impressive, indeed. While I've heard of the cartridge and also seen pictures of this already, the rifle itself was still unknown to me. I once read that the high-velocity (at least according to the cartridge performances of those days) cartridge was way too hot for the steels and materials then available for rifle production which resulted in excessive wear of barrel and action. So the service career of this in its days very sophisticated cartridge was rather short-lived.

Per the Winchester Repeating Fire Arms letter the serial number was applied to the on July 22, 1898; Caliber: N; received in warehouse on August 12, 1898 and shipped from warehouse on August 20, 1898; Order number 2689. It just missed the Spanish-American War but may have served during the Relief of the Foreign Legations in Peking during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900 or during the Philippine Insurrection 1899-1902. I'll have to see if I can track down the USN or USMC ship/unit which eventually received this rifle.