GUN FALL 2015
The live portion of this session begins on Monday, October 5, 2015.
SCARCE WINCHESTER MODEL 92 LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. WINCHESTER 92 SHORT RIFLE 931493 32 WCF (32-20) MODERN; C&R Cal. 32 WCF (32-20). Standard grade rifle with scarce, special order 20" rnd bbl, 2/3rds magazine, Sheared gold bead front sight and late style semi-buckhorn rear sight. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with 8-3/8" short-rifle forearm and straight stock with crescent buttplate. This rifle is pictured on page 369 of The Winchester Book, Madis. Although the Model 92 was produced in fairly large numbers, special order features such as found on this rifle are quite rare, especially shorter than standard or longer than standard bbls. Special order short rifles with carbine length bbls had very little advantage, if any over a carbine and the extra cost would have been difficult to justify for the average working man. Small bore rifles such as this were usually not considered big game rifles and would generally relegated to small game or garden pests for use by boys and ladies. As such they usually saw hard service, often with little or no maintenance and are rarely found today with much orig finish. CONDITION: Very fine plus. Bbl and magazine tube retain about 99% crisp, orig blue with a few small spots of old dried oil. Receiver retains about 70% glossy, orig blue with the loss areas flaked, not worn to a medium patina. Lever and hammer retain most of their strong orig blue. Top tang is a flaked medium patina. Buttplate and forend cap are also flaked to patina. Wood is sound with a few scattered, very light handling and storage marks with one small chemical spot on the forearm and overall retains virtually all of its orig factory oil finish. Mechanics are crisp. Brilliant shiny bore. 49432-8 JR (5,000-8,000)