1892 Semi deluxe|Winchester Rifles|Forum|Winchester Collector

I found this old girl at a local gun show 5-6 years ago. I have a before picture on another computer I can post on Monday. It was in a non operable condition being, the operating lever was bent badly enough the action would not lock up properly. There was not a trace of blueing left on it with the exception being under the forearm wood. The original wood had been “refinished” at some prior time and enough wood had been removed that all metal contacting it was protruding substantially. The original butt plate was broken with pieces missing and the grip cap suffered from the prior refinishing. The original forearm was given a home checkering job with what appeared to be some type of veining tool. It was at least 4 lines per inch and an 1/8 in deep. Salvaging the original wood was out of the question. There is a pic. of the original butt stock in the second to last pic.

I believe it was a semi deluxe due to the straight grain original wood but can’t say for sure. It does have some admirable extra’s being a half round, half octagon barrel, button magazine and a shotgun butt stock.

Being my own with no intention of ever selling it I upgraded it to a full deluxe with a cheek piece!  Many hours later and the hardest piece of wood I have ever worked with, this is the end result.