New Old Toy 1892 Winchester

[LouisianaJoe]

My nephew bought this at a gun clearance at Gander Mountain and let me talk him out of it.

Serial Number 58XXX. using documentation on Winchester Site gives DOB 1893
It has been re barreled to 25-20 Bore looks new. Note that this is a takedown model.

Nephew has fired it and says that it is accurate.

 

[Old 44 Guy]

Joe; That is one nice looking Mod. 92. Takedowns are rare. I've had several 92's in the past & most were 25-20's. and were carbines. Had one in 44-40 but that was long ago.My wife had a Rem. Mod. 25 in 25-20 & took 2 deer with it. That was back in the 60's. She & the Rem. are long gone.

 

[feralmerril]

I would be looking for a good gunsmith to make it a .256 win mag tomorrow. Also chop the barrel a few inchs and put a peep on her.

 

[John F.]

Don't butcher it... For the children...

I would be looking for a good gunsmith to make it a .256 win mag tomorrow. Also chop the barrel a few inchs and put a peep on her.

With all respect, that's a great way to DESTROY a very nice rifle.
Aside from any collector value, the receiver was never designed to take
that kind of pressure. Metallurgy and heat treating improved greatly
between 1893 and the development of the .256 Magnum. I seriously advise leaving the rifle alone and shooting standard .25-20 loads
through it.

John

 

[reddogge]

I have one in .25-20 also and I'm sure it had been reblued at one time and the forearm has a crack on the underside so not a big collector. It's a nice rifle though.

 

[2152hq]

Nice,,should be a fun shooter. 25-20 and 32-20 are pleasent rounds to shoot.

Is the TD joint still tight on it?

Many get loose over the years ,,a hundred in this case, from constant use of the TD system.

Many are 'repaired' by peening the threads on the bbl or other hammer methods.
Going around and around the bbl threads with a shaped punch and moving each row forward a few .000" will tighten it up,,,to the point where a vise and wrench is needed to reassemble. Not a good way to fix a TD type action though as it will quickly loosen up again after a few takedowns and reassemblys. Fixes a solid frame action up OK though.

There is a factory built in adj system in these TD Winchesters,,as crude as it may seem to some.
You have to remove the forend wood. There's 3 set screw type screws facing the receiver inside the forend extension.
You gently,,very gently tighten those a tiny amount each and retry the assembly to the receiver till it's tight again.
What the 3 screws do is dimple the metal on the back side of the extension outward to remove the slack.
I said it was kind of crude..but better than hammering on the threads.

Gotta get my 44wcf SRC finished up. It's a pistol grip stock w/a shotgun butt. All fitted and roughed out,,just haven't gone passed that point.
Shoots good though!

 

[Faulkner]

Very nice looking rifle Joe! I've always had a sweet spot for the 1892 even if it only won the west in the movies.

 

[LouisianaJoe]

Nice,,should be a fun shooter. 25-20 and 32-20 are pleasent rounds to shoot.

Is the TD joint still tight on it?

Many get loose over the years ,,a hundred in this case, from constant use of the TD system.

Many are 'repaired' by peening the threads on the bbl or other hammer methods.
Going around and around the bbl threads with a shaped punch and moving each row forward a few .000" will tighten it up,,,to the point where a vise and wrench is needed to reassemble. Not a good way to fix a TD type action though as it will quickly loosen up again after a few takedowns and reassemblys. Fixes a solid frame action up OK though.

There is a factory built in adj system in these TD Winchesters,,as crude as it may seem to some.
You have to remove the forend wood. There's 3 set screw type screws facing the receiver inside the forend extension.
You gently,,very gently tighten those a tiny amount each and retry the assembly to the receiver till it's tight again.
What the 3 screws do is dimple the metal on the back side of the extension outward to remove the slack.
I said it was kind of crude..but better than hammering on the threads.

Gotta get my 44wcf SRC finished up. It's a pistol grip stock w/a shotgun butt. All fitted and roughed out,,just haven't gone passed that point.
Shoots good though!

The TD joint is tight and appears to be well done. The barrel on this is not original and has no markings. The bore looks new. The finish on the barrel looks like the gunsmith just blued it without polishing it first. I made a Muzzle loader years ago and fitted a Douglas barrel on it. The finish as received before I sanded it down and browned it, looks a lot like the 25-20 barrel. These photos do not do the wood justice. I will load some 85gr lead bullets at around 1400 fps to shoot in this.

 

[Wyatt Burp]

Very nice! That is a fine piece. This takedown in 44-40 and was made in 1905. This one with shotgun but and pistol grip just fits me pefect. Shoots great, too. It's got a lot of special ordered features and was put to use.
Enjoy that fine rifle.

 

[beemerrider]

NICE RIFLE! I've always had a spot in my heart for one of these; perhaps someday one will come my way.

 

[Ivan the Butcher]

Of the M-92's about 25% were takedown types. My wife's grandfather was a cowboy (maybe in Navada), he came back off of the range in 1927. His youngest son still has his Marlin 25-20 to this day (Someone stole his paired 45 Colt SAA's from a display before WWII). The 25-20 was and is a great small game cartridge, as it didn't tear up the meat much. Many were used as Varmit guns in the eastern half of the US. Maybe you can thin the nutra population when you're back on your feet. Winchester used to make a "High Speed" factory loading (for shorter distance deer and longer distance varmint hunting). I would AVOID this high pressure loading as rifle was made almost 110 years ago and may be before Winchester changed to better heat treating. But I would otherwise use your rifle and let the world see what it can do. Ivan

 

[Ethang]

Very nice. Old Winchesters are great. The stories some of them could tell.

Clearance at Gander Mountain? Does that mean it was only 20% more then it should have been..