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September 28, 2016
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Some number of years ago I acquired an 1892 that is full factory nickel plated. As I was tearing the rifle down for a full restoration, I noticed the serial # on the receiver is duplicated on the bottom of the barrel. Was this a common practice for plated guns?
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Erin
March 31, 2009
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Erin, I don’t know but usually on fancy guns the assembly number was stamped on the tang, butt stock and the butt plate to keep the pieces together. This gun is special so I guess they used the serial number to keep it with the receiver? Someone that owns something like this needs to chime in.
September 28, 2016
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Chuck,
The nickel plating is the only thing out of the norm on this rifle. The original wood is just plain Jane straight grain, non checkered and straight grip. That being said, there are no assembly #’s stamped on the tang. Just kind of one of those anomaly’s I have not encountered prior to this.
Erin
September 28, 2016
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A few pics of the above mentioned.
March 20, 2009
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Thanks for the images Erin. Since I almost NEVER receive images of the underside of the barrel on any of the 21,000 individual rifles in my 1892 survey I can not say if this was a common practice or not.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
September 28, 2016
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Michael,
How many full nickel 92’s do you have in your survey and have you done a corrolation to get a guesstimate on the total number produced?
I’m going to do a full blown restoration on this one as it’s current state deems it rather undesireable. Both pieces of furniture were completely trashed and with the large gouge running down the side of the receiver along with numerous nicks dings and scratches on the metal surfaces it’s a prime candidate. I just sent out a beautiful piece of curly maple for the stocks to be semi inletted.
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Erin
March 20, 2009
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Erin Grivicich said
Michael,How many full nickel 92’s do you have in your survey and have you done a corrolation to get a guesstimate on the total number produced?
TIA
Erin
I have only 8 rifle that are most likely original nickel plated. MANY more with after market plating. In looking through the production ledgers Winchester did produce several large batches of full nickel carbines and even more half nickel configurations. I have not tried to total that production yet.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
