1892 Pistol Grip Stock Production #'s|Winchester Rifles|Forum|Winchester Collector

348win said
Hi,

Avid follower/enthusiast of Model 53, 65, 71, 1886, 1892

Joined to learn as much as I can about the Winchester 1892’s with pistol grip stock configuration.

Any info or direction on where to find out more about how common/uncommon the pistol grip stocks were.

Are parts straightforward in fitment or is their great tolerance differences to swap lower tangs, levers, guides, bolts.

I’m really interested in building a rifle off the large caliber bolt, 44 magnum cartridge.

I’m not sure the original Winchesters recievers are up the the task for pressure rating w a modern strength barrel. 

I only have excellence w Miroku/Brownings from mid-1980’s to mid-1990’s vintage and those are metric from my understanding, also this forum is not for that talk, I figured w over 1 million original Winchester 92’s out there parts/building would be accessible and plentiful.

And MADE IN USA is icing on the cake.

  

Hello,

I have surveyed right at 20,500 individual Model 1892 rifles in the past 13 years and of those 174 had pistol grip rifle stocks, an additional 104 had pistol grip shotgun butts, and only 13 had carbine stocks with pistol grips.  That calculates to 1.4% of the sampled rifles.  That is definitely going to put them in the ‘uncommon” category making parts a difficult search and expensive when you do find something.  

Michael