GUN SPRING 2017
The live portion of this session begins on Tuesday, April 11, 2017.
RARE WINCHESTER MODEL 1892 LEVER ACTION SHORT RIFLE. WINCHESTER 1892 521956 25/20 MODERN; C&R Cal 25-20. Standard grade rifle with 20" oct bbl, full magazine, 1/2 nickel front sight with screw and semi-buckhorn rear sight. Receiver has close-coupled double-set triggers. Mounted with uncheckered straight grain American walnut with straight stock &crescent buttplate. This rifle was produced about 1909 at a time in Winchester's production that special orders were not enthusiastically encouraged. Given the lightweight, small size of this rifle it very likely was a hunting rifle for a lady or young boy. CONDITION: Very good. Bbl retains about 85% blue turning plummy brown showing sharp edge wear with a couple of dings about mid-point and some fine pitting on the right side near the muzzle. Magazine tube retains about 95% orig blue. Receiver retains about 30% thinning orig blue with the balance a plummy brown patina. Stock has a hairline crack near the toe, otherwise wood is sound with nicks & scratches showing moderate to heavy wear. Mechanics are fine, strong bright bore, frosty in the grooves. 51622-3 JRL (3,500-4,500)