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1152
$6,325.00

*RARE SPECIAL ORDER SEMI-DELUXE WINCHESTER MODEL 92 LEVER ACTION RIFLE.

SN 962708. Cal. 25-20. Beautiful semi-deluxe rifle with 24-1/4″ rnd bbl, special order button magazine, half nickel front sight with screw, flat top rear sight & a locking Lyman tang sight. Mounted with uncheckered, straight grain American walnut with capped pistol grip stock & late style serrated steel buttplate. An additional special order feature is the extra long pull of the buttstock, which is 14-3/8″ versus the standard 13″. The wood on this rifle greatly resembles the confirmation of the Model 53. This rifle was produced about 1926, simultaneous with the Model 53. Left side of lower tang, under the wood is marked with the assembly number 926, which number is also found on front face of buttstock, under the metal & inside toe of buttplate. Any special order feature on a model 92 or 1892 is quite rare, especially plain pistol grip buttstock. Checkering was very little more cost over plain wood. These small bore 92s were generally considered as garden guns or ladies/boys rifles and as such usually received very little attention in the way of maintenance and are often found showing hard wear with little orig finish. CONDITION: Extremely fine, plus, all matching. Overall retains about 98-99% crisp orig blue with only faint sharp edge wear, a couple small streaks of candy striping on right side, and a couple small scratches on the receiver; buttstock has a few small scratches & nicks and retains virtually all of its orig factory finish. Mechanics are crisp; brilliant shiny bore; has been fired, but very little. 4-51021 JR294 (5,000-8,000) – Lot 1152


Auction: Firearms - Spring 2014
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