1892 winchester
Is it possible that Winchester made the 1892 in stainless steel? If so how many were made in which model and caliber? Thanks for the info.
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I have a Winchester model 1892 carbine in 38-40 cal. The serial No. indicates that it was made in 1894. Since I figure that this was a black powder era would this gun be safe to shoot with modern ammo.? The rifle seems to be in pretty good shape. I know it should be checked by a smith ect. I guess my question is would it be safe to shoot it with modern ammo if it passed that test. 0 -
AUSTOUSA,
With Winchester, anything is possible.[:D]
Seriously, I believe that they ran off a few stainless steel barrels at one point. These barrels were not blued, but were somehow painted. The coloring would, eventually, come off.
Now, a lot of the old Winchester receivers would shed their blue, sometimes called "flaking", and many people have mistaken the silver color of the steel for stainless.[;)]0 -
As BigLoop22 pointed out, Winchester made stainless steel barrels for the Model 92 (1926 - 1929), but they were not a big seller. Initially Winchester charged an extra $6 for the stainless barrel, but by 1929, they were selling them for the same price as the regular barrels (in an attempt to get rid of their inventory). Because they could not blue them, they were painted with a black lacquer that was similar to a "japanned" finish. Unfortunately, when exposed to gun cleaning solvents, the paint did not fair so well. Additionally, the paint chipped and flaked off through normal use.
The receiver frames were always made of a steel alloy. Shortly after WW I, Winchester increased the nickel content in the steel alloy, and as a result, the old style bluing did not adhere to the steel very well. The result was a "flaking" of the blued finish. Winchester eventually corrected the problem in the early 1930s with another change to the steel alloy and a new bluing solution & method.0
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