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I wanted to get a 44 W.C.F. that I could hunt and shoot with. A couple weeks back, I acquired a well-used, but nice-looking Winchester 1892 44-40 made in 1913 (serial number 724696). This past week I got to the range to try it out. I don’t have a tang peep sight for it yet, so the sights were pretty blurry with my 62 year-old eyes, but I am very pleased with its accuracy even when half blind. My first 5 shots were at 50 yards just to see where it hit. They all went into 1 & 3/8″, with three shots making a single ragged hole. I then set up a target at 100 yards and got a 5-shot group of 2 & 3/4″ even though I was shooting with very blurry sights due to no tang sight. Imagine what it will do when I get an original Lyman tang sight!! Here is a photo of my ‘new’, well-used 44-40, and my 100 yards target.
April 26, 2015
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I think it’s beautiful. Please post a close up photo once you mount the new sight.
Bruce, I will have to find one first. All my other Winchesters have one and I have none extra. I’ll be looking for a well-used one to match the rifle.
Everybody should have a rifle just like that. One that you can lean against the fence, lay on the ground, drop occasionally, and put some meat in the freezer without having a heart attack! I have an 1892 in 38 WCF at the ranch for just that sort of time. And they will shoot perfectly. I love to head shoot hogs at 50 yards and they just fall over.
Congrats on the rifle and good luck with the peep sight hunt.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
I have # 714961 in my collection.6-1913 PR. It has the oct. bbl. and is also a 44WCF. I bought this rifle off Gun Broker in 2010 and have yet to shoot it. It is above average condition. Got it for a $2,500 bid. No one challenged me. I know what you are saying about accuracy. I had a very late round bbl. M92 years ago that I killed my first two deer with. Reloaded, these are extremely accurate rifles. Nice rifle BTW. Big Larry
November 7, 2015
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Nice rifle, good shooting! Hang onto that one….or send it my way. 😉 I think I have a sight I can swap off another rifle for a sweet shooter like yours, even if it is modern production.
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