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I had been looking for a large caliber action to build a John Wayne Rooster Cogburn carbine, but have been unsuccessful so far.
in the meanwhile I did acquire a small caliber complete action, tight and with good metal, no pitting, etc.
what would any of you recommend that unbuild it into?? I thought about a 357 or a 32/20 with a half round half octagon carbine barrel. Was that a configuration that was ever offered?
April 15, 2005
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Half-octagon rifle barrels were an option for the “rifle” variations of the model 1892. Standard barrel length was 24-inches, but shorter barrel could be special ordered. If I were to build a up an old small caliber receiver frame, my choice would be a barrel chambered for the .357 magnum as it would allow you to shoot both 38 Special and .357 Magnum cartridges.
Bert
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
January 20, 2023
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Concur with Bert on caliber. As an owner/reloader/shooter of a 1929 vintage Model 92 25/20, I think the two small ’92 calibers are too much trouble once you get past the euphoria of getting them going. Fine to own and admire/show off. Particularly if you hand load, a 92 chambered in 357 is a very practical piece.
I load 357 and 38 Spcl on a progressive and shoot both in one of the new 1873 carbines a lot. That setup will do everything either of the original 25 and 32 rounds will do and a lot more. With 180 grain lead (watch the OAL) it will easily take our Texas Whitetail to about 75 yards. Works on 2-legged predators much further.
That particular carbine’s lifter is necessarily slightly longer than an 1873 original but the 1892 is an easy conversion.
More than one Texas peace officer carried a converted 92 in his trunk when the S&W 28 was standard issue for the DPS.
- Bill
WACA # 65205; life member, NRA; member, TGCA; member, TSRA; amateur preservationist
"I have seen wicked men and fools, a great many of both, and I believe they both get paid in the end, but the fools first." -- David Balfour, narrator and protagonist of the novel, Kidnapped, by Robert Louis Stevenson.
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