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1892 Carbine with a Bolt Peep
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July 14, 2025 - 5:04 pm
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92-Bolt-Oeep-015.JPGImage EnlargerI am aware this 1892 25/20 ser. no. 765249 will not pass muster with the “Purist Collector”.  It has a ’38 barrel date.  I bought it 20 years ago this month.  It is one of those rifles I always thought Winchester ‘should have made’.  The condition and configuration are to my liking.  It came with a rear barrel sight in place, but I removed it  for a better sight picture using the peep.  I still have the sight.  A few years later a matching rifle came up for auction, but finances were not available to acquire it.  After all collecting is getting what one likes.  RDB

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July 14, 2025 - 5:29 pm
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Roger – 

I must not be a purist collector as I like it!  That’s a dandy.  Very attractive.  The bolt peep looks like it should be there.  

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Roger,

I also like it!

My old late friend used to tell me I could be a little picky sometimes, and we would both laugh about it, as he never had any beat up guns on his table! 

He never accused me of being a purist though! Laugh

I know Steve always liked that caliber! Smile

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Anthony

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Anthony said
Roger,

I also like it!

My old late friend used to tell me I could be a little picky sometimes, and we would both laugh about it, as he never had any beat up guns on his table! 

He never accused me of being a purist though! Laugh

I know Steve always liked that caliber! Smile

 

Thanks for sharing!

 

Anthony

  

Alright, Tony has me on this one.  I’ve had .25-20’s in M92 rifles and carbines, Marlin M1894 (rifles and carbines) and the Remington M25.  Oh, I almost forgot Winchester M53.  Never had a M65 but that would be cool.

If deer or larger were the task at hand, the nod would go to the .32 Special or .33 WCF .  But the .25-20 is fun to shoot (for the whole family) and if you’re a handloader, a can of powder lasts a very long time. 

This is one of my most enjoyable rifles to shoot.  The bore is mint and the rest of the rifle is darn close:

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I like IT!  My kinda rifle!  That is a dandy!  Thanks for sharing!  RDB

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