madsenshooter wrote on Sep 1^st, 2019 at 2:56pm:

The serial # is way beyond the usual 1895 range, but it sure looks like an overstrike of some sort, like there was once a 5 there.  Certainly an oddity.

NOT possible! Presence of "Model" (as stated above) TOTALLY precludes any possibility of "1895". Sometimes, the "1896" is very poorly stamped, almost resembling "1898". Unfortunately, the specimen presented by the OP is almost certainly a cut-down rifle, or at the very best a put-together.