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Winchester 1892??

taperloc
I have a 1892, 44-40, Winchester carbine with a rifle butt stock. The seller said that it had been ordered that way. He also said that it had originally been shipped to Alaska. The price was right, so I bought it. I got a letter on it from Cody and sure enough, it states that it left the warehouse on May 14, 1903, with a rifle butt.
My questions.
Is this a rare thing or just unusual?
The Cody letter did not state where it had been shipped; only that it was one of sixteen in the shipment. Is there any way to determine where it was shipped?
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  • tsr1965
    Not really sure if it is a rarity, but Bert will, I'm sure add on to this later. The good part is that it matches up to the Cody letter. If the gun is in 85-90%, or better condition, you have landed a real investment.

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  • kimi
    Renneberg notes that the carbine buttstocks on the model 94 (the typical SRC ones), were a no-cost option on rifles, but may be considered rare if verified as original. I think I see you smiling, especially if Bert verifies the same for the model 1892.
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  • Bert H.
    Hello Fellows,

    Yes, A "Rifle" butt stock on a Carbine is a rare feature. I do not know what the exact numbers were for the Model 1892, but I would be willing to bet that they were very similar to the Model 1894.

    For the Model 1894, in the first 353,999 guns made, there were 75,075 Carbines. Of that number, there were (606) Carbines made with a "Rifle" butt stock. That amounts to less than 1% (.8 to be exact) of the Carbines having a Rifle butt. If you compute it out as a percentage of the entire production, it amounts to essentially (2) of every 1,000 Model 1894s made have that feature.

    Unfortunately, there are no records that provide the shipping destination.
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