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…if this truly is serial number 62 model 1892. I admit I’ve never been a fan of restored guns…
Don
November 7, 2015
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I guess we’ll never know what it looked like before it was restored but from what I can see the restoration was nicely done. I suspect the wood was replaced, not refinished. I don’t have a problem with someone restoring a gun that has been badly abused and has little or no collector value.
Seems a little odd to me, that they didn’t show a photo of the serial number or a Cody letter.
TXGunNut said
I don’t have a problem with someone restoring a gun that has been badly abused and has little or no collector value.
Well, let’s hope this one fell into that category…as opposed to a decent honest gun that showed its age & history; history of this one has been wiped clean.
Correct front sight would help.
If you go to Cabelas Glendale Gun Library web site and look for Winchester, you will see this gun, and the Cody letter. It was originally an Octagon barrel, then sent back to WRA and changed to round barrel. No mention of the half mag.
Here’s the link:
Does anyone know what the earliest known model 1892 still in existence is?
Al
Al,
Serial number 1 sold a few years ago at Amoskeag auction. I think remember seeing number 2 on the internet as well.
Dana
I have seen #1, 27, 29, 63, 65, 76 and 99 as the earliest ones still around.
Michael
Model 1892 / Model 61 Collector, Research, Valuation
TXGunNut said
I guess we’ll never know what it looked like before it was restored but from what I can see the restoration was nicely done. I suspect the wood was replaced, not refinished. I don’t have a problem with someone restoring a gun that has been badly abused and has little or no collector value.
I agree! A beautiful and significant 1892 for sure. Perhaps not a bad price considering; for someone who doesn’t value originally a great deal.
Winchester Model 1873 44-40 circa 1886
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