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Winchester Model 1892 Serial numbers ??

erlschhlnd
I'm looking at a 1892 and the bluing on the barrel looks to be about 90%. The receiver has very little bluing left but no rust or pitting.
Is there an easy way to tell if the barrel has been replaced? I can see no serial # on the barrel.
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  • USN_Airdale
    the SN is on the underside of the receiver where the forearm wood meets the steel of the receiver, if that SN is missing, it has been refinished poorly.
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  • erlschhlnd
    This 1892 has a nice crisp serial # on the underside of the receiver. Does the barrel have a serial number on it under the forearm?
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  • tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by erlschhlnd
    This 1892 has a nice crisp serial # on the underside of the receiver. Does the barrel have a serial number on it under the forearm?


    No, the barrel does not have a serial number. If you tell us the serial number, a member, Bert H. can tell you what year, month and the caliber that rifle left the factory in. I have a 1892 that left as a full sporting rifle in 44-40, and is now a carbine length octagon barrel in 38-40. It left the factory in 1895 or so.

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  • erlschhlnd
    All I got for serial number is 706,XXX. The barrel is marked 25-20.
    I'll try and get full serial number tomorrow.
    Erl
    quote:Originally posted by tsr1965
    quote:Originally posted by erlschhlnd
    This 1892 has a nice crisp serial # on the underside of the receiver. Does the barrel have a serial number on it under the forearm?


    No, the barrel does not have a serial number. If you tell us the serial number, a member, Bert H. can tell you what year, month and the caliber that rifle left the factory in. I have a 1892 that left as a full sporting rifle in 44-40, and is now a carbine length octagon barrel in 38-40. It left the factory in 1895 or so.

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  • BUCKAWHO
    Your '92 was probably made in 1913. If Win. replaced the barrel, it would probably have two proof marks on it. Receivers are notorious for losing the blue finish. The barrels retain the blue much better. BT
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  • Bert H.
    March or April of 1913 to be exact, and it is quite common to see Winchester lever-actions with little or no bluing on the receiver frame, and better than 90% on the barrel.

    A factory replaced barrel will only have the one proof mark on it. If it was replaced by someone other than the factory, quite often there will be two proof mark stamps on the barrel.
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  • USN_Airdale
    also many of the parts like the wood had the last two numbers of the SN stamped in them, my M-92 25-20 carbine did, it was made arnd 1915 wish i had never sold it.

    why do we make stupid decisions to sell good guns ?? i would bet that everyone here has regretted selling a gun.
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  • Bert H.
    quote:Originally posted by USN_Airdale
    also many of the parts like the wood had the last two numbers of the SN stamped in them, my M-92 25-20 carbine did, it was made arnd 1915 wish i had never sold it.

    why do we make stupid decisions to sell good guns ?? i would bet that everyone here has regretted selling a gun.


    On the few thousand or so Winchesters that I have examined (and taken apart), I have not ever seen the last two digits of the serial number stamped on any part of the gun. I have seen a few hundred instances were assembly numbers and order numbers were stamped on the inside edge of the lower tang, on the under side of a butt plate, and in the upper tang channel slot of the butt stock, but never once was it the last two digits of the serial number.
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