From the same link as posted in the "1895 Winchester" was this part that fits with this topic.

"In 1896 New York State realized that its National Guard was inadequately armed.  Although the New York National Guard’s single shot, black powder Remington Rolling Blocks (.50-70 caliber) were reliable, they were old, worn and hopelessly obsolete in an era of bolt action repeaters firing small bore, high velocity, smokeless cartridges.  The U.S. Army had already adopted a small bore, bolt action repeating rifle, the Krag-Jorgensen, which fired a .30-40 cartridge.  The Navy had adopted the straight pull action Model 1895 Winchester-Lee, which fired 6mm (.236) caliber bullet.  In 1895 the New York Legislature passed a law that commissioned a Board of Examiners to conduct trials of .30 caliber magazine-fed, breechloading rifles of American manufacture.  The rifles were to have a 28 inch barrel, fire the .30-40 cartridge used by the Army, and were to be equipped with a magazine cutoff, safety trigger and a magazine counter.  Features to be judged included; safety, strength, simplicity, speed of action, ease of loading the magazine or replacing the magazine, and ease of use as a single shot.  Twelve contenders, including Winchester submitted rifles.  Winchester submitted the new Model 1895, which performed flawlessly in the nine tests of the trials.  However, the Model 1895 did not have the required magazine cutoff and magazine counter.  The New York State contract would have been for $300,000 for 15,000 rifles.  The Board of Examiner’s final decision was between the Winchester Model 1895 and the Savage Model 1895 military musket and the Governor of New York announced that the Savage entrant had won the competition.  Unlike the Winchester, the Savage Model 1895 had a magazine cutoff and magazine counter, and had fewer parts, making better able to meet the simplicity requirement.  Winchester and other entrants challenged the Board’s choice and the Governor’s decision.