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December 20, 2014
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A friend of mine just bought a1892 SRC 32 wcf SS# 566442.
The carbine has no front magazine band, it’s has rifle magazine hanger.
I thought carbines had the two bands front and rear and rifles used the front hanger.
My question is this normal for a carbine.
The carbine does not look like been messed with.
Thanks
Bill
Yes, it is a normal Model 1892 Carbine. Only the .44 and .38 caliber Carbines had a front barrel band. The .25 and .32 caliber Carbines used the rifle style magazine tube retaining ring.
WACA Historian & Board of Director Member #6571L
December 20, 2014
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Thank Bert
Bill
William Cawley said
Thank BertBill
Bill,
Can you please post images of the areas of stamped writing on the barrel and the upper tang of the receiver just below the hammer? Based on the serial number the rifle was manufactured during 1910. Winchester was assembling a large “batch” of almost 4500 saddle ring carbines at the time. Most were of 25-20 and 32 WCF caliber. Because the magazine tube is narrower for these two small calibers the use of a magazine retaining band dismissed the problem of needing two slightly different forward barrel bands that would have been difficult to distinguished from each other. Attached below is a portion of my survey spreadsheet which shows the distribution by serial number of SRC’s vs sporting rifles (SR) for the rifles I have sampled in that SN range.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
just a side note,
the winchester 1873 saddle ring carbine in 32-20 also used the front magazine tube retaining band instead of the barrel band used on the 38-40 & 44-40 carbines.
Jeremy Scott.
WACA LIFE MEMBER, CFM MEMBER, ABKA MEMBER, JSSC MEMBER, MNO HISTORIAN
December 20, 2014
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Michael, I will get the photos you want, it will take me couple days.
Bill
December 20, 2014
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Michael, here the photos you asked for on the 1892 SRC
Bill
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