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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?
TIA
Erin
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.
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
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