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Antique Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Rifle

Currency:USD Category:Firearms & Military Start Price:350.00 USD Estimated At:NA
Antique Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Rifle
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Antique Winchester Model 1892 Lever Action Rifle, #123296, .44 WCF (.44-40) cal., blued 24'' round barrel, with dovetailed bead-blade front and adjustable buckhorn rear sights, marked with maker's name and address on top, and ''44 W.C.F.'' at breech; blued tubular magazine; blued receiver is marked ''Model 1892/Winchester/Pat. Oct. 14, 1884'' on upper tang, and serial number at lower front; case hardened loop operating lever and hammer; oil-stained walnut stocks, forend with steel nose cap, buttstock with checkered straight buttplate. Mfg'd 1896. Condition is very good. Barrel, mag tube and nose cap show traces of original blue mixing with a dark-blue tone that was likely added later; receiver is a cleaned gunmetal gray; buttplate is an overall blue-black tone. Stocks are solid and smooth with basketweave checkering at right wrist, 3/8'' chips out at both sides at frame juncture, and a later coat of varnish. Action is smooth; bore is clean with overall etching and defined rifling. This '92 is quite desirable with its largest-available .44-40 caliber. Est.: $700-$1,000. (Antique)