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Winchester Model 1892

Winchester Model 1892

The Winchester Model 1892 is a lever-action repeating rifle designed by John Browning as a smaller, lighter version of his large-bore Model 1886, and which replaced the Model 1873 as the company's lever-action for smaller dual-use rounds such as the .44-40 (.44 WCF). Calibers for the rifle vary and some are custom-chambered. The original rounds were the .32-20, .38-40, and .44-40 Winchester center fire rounds, followed in 1895 by the new .25-20. A few Model 92's chambered for .218 Bee were produced in 1936-38. Although some say the .30-30 was a chamber, this is incorrect: the first .30-30 rifle was invented three years later for the legendary model 1894, and the cartridge is much too long for the 1892's rather short bolt travel.

The Winchester Models 53 (1924) and 65 (1933) were essentially rebranded Model 1892's.

ee also

* Winchester rifle
* [http://www.collectorebooks.com/gregg01/winchester/index.htm Today Value of the Winchester Model 1892]


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