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I think the most attractive rifles in my collection are full octagon barrel with crescent butt plates. But with the 1892’s, there is something about those little SRC’s that is irresistible. I have one with a button mag that is maybe my favorite.
NP
Nevada Paul
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Nevada Paul said
I think the most attractive rifles in my collection are full octagon barrel with crescent butt plates. But with the 1892’s, there is something about those little SRC’s that is irresistible. I have one with a button mag that is maybe my favorite.NP
I’m guessing it has something to do with handling like a wand in your hand 
And then there is always the “problem” of “I started collecting …….” and then found that I like …… so my tastes have changed! That is how you end up with LOTS of Winchesters!
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
That sounds like me. Started one direction, got lost and tried several other directions. Funny things happen in the safe when you are not looking.
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I’ve been “refining the focus” of my little collection the last few years after spending the first years trying to learn a bit about a variety of models by building a representative collection.
Mike
TXGunNut said
I’ve been “refining the focus” of my little collection the last few years after spending the first years trying to learn a bit about a variety of models by building a representative collection.Mike
Really… ?? I always thought you were just another Winchester “whore” like the rest of us!! 
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Bert H. said
TXGunNut said
I’ve been “refining the focus” of my little collection the last few years after spending the first years trying to learn a bit about a variety of models by building a representative collection.
Mike
Really… ?? I always thought you were just another Winchester “whore” like the rest of us!!
Quite honestly you may be right. Still can’t seem to find one I don’t like.
Mike
cj57 said
I just retired from PD and have always liked the working mans guns, love carbines! I have 2 police marked 94 carbines, but love all Winchesters and have more rifles then carbines, but I have a soft spot for the little ones, I guess it’s the cowboy thing.
Aussie Chris said
cj57 said
I just retired from PD and have always liked the working mans guns, love carbines! I have 2 police marked 94 carbines, but love all Winchesters and have more rifles then carbines, but I have a soft spot for the little ones, I guess it’s the cowboy thing.
Enjoy your retirement! I still have a few years to go in it down here. I also like Police marked guns and have a couple of prison guns too. Being a serving member makes me lean towards collecting them.
Chris
Clark and Chris I also retired from PD in 2020 after 32 yrs. My first patrol rifle in 1988 was a Winchester 30-30 eastern carbine, and my last was one of those black plastic things. We still had the option in 2020. Wasn’t a hard choice for me which one I always signed out. It was always available for some reason. Rookies! 🙂
Rick C
I like a lot of what’s out there but black plastic isn’t one. In some ways I don’t discriminate – Winchester, Marlin, Bullard, Whitney-Burgess, Remington and others… but it has to not only be wood and steel, but it has to be old wood and steel. Whether it’s the black plastic thing Rick described or one of the new black Marlin lever rifles … I stay away.
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For the past decade or so of my LE experience my department adopted patrol rifles. If we wished to carry one we had to furnish it and there wasn’t a single levergun on the “approved” list. I actually liked the black plastic thing (mine was green) as we trained quite a bit and I even competed successfully with it. When I left the PD I sold my patrol rifle as prices were quite ridiculous and I didn’t feel I needed it. After a few years I felt the need for an addition to my social equipment battery and an M&P black plastic thing is now trying to get along with some pretty outstanding blue steel and Walnut. A couple of my riot guns have black furniture but I don’t hold it against them. I don’t like needing to keep social equipment around but it’s what I’ve trained with and competed with, they will serve me better than the guns I like to collect. Riot guns even make fun little Skeet guns!
Mike
I have all kinds of guns for hunting, collecting, target shooting and self defense. I do have 2 black guns, but one is actually desert tan and the other is a custom target gun. Well make that 3 if you count a tan semi auto pistol. My only hunting rifle was made in 1916. By far the majority of the guns I have are older that I am. Come to think of it I only have 4 rifles made after 1944.
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