1892 Winchester

DeltaRed · Dec 23, 2016

I have a '92 in 25-20. 24" octagon bbl.SN:425569. Can anyone date it? It'been in the family since approx.1900.Thanks,Steve

71ford100 · Dec 23, 2016

I believe it was produced in 1906.

2x4 · Dec 23, 2016

present market value = $1100. That's what I just sold mine for, in .38-40. Average condition.

DeltaRed · Dec 24, 2016

I just saw one in the Winchester Room at Cabelas for 1995. The EXACT rifle in the same condition as mine. BTW. It is NOT(nor will it ever be) for sale

TWheat · Dec 24, 2016

I can't help you on the date, but had to share this. This past summer I gave my great Nephew(I don't have any children) the Remington pump 25-20 that my Mother gave my Father as a wedding gift in 1936. It has been well used, but not abused. Ammo is scarce and expensive. I had just run down a box of 50 cartridges that were almost $2 each.

Rons b · Dec 24, 2016

You can do some googling and should find it. I've found several way

David from Kansas · Dec 24, 2016

Hi, Red. Have one just like that, same caliber. It was my grandfathers. Now my most prized firearm.

Blackhole49 · Dec 24, 2016

That's really not to bad. Though not scarce, the last time I bought a box of Weatherby shells for my 300 ten years ago, they were $80 for 20.

Scott 730 · Dec 24, 2016

(quoted from post at 00:24:06 12/24/16) I have a '92 in 25-20. 24" octagon bbl.SN:425569. Can anyone date it? It'been in the family since approx.1900.Thanks,Steve

1907 according to the Winchester website.

TimV · Dec 24, 2016

A couple possibilities for ammo are The Old Western Scrounger ( ows-ammo.com )and Reed's Ammo. A friend just ordered from Reed's this summer for the first time--he has a Winchester model 1910 in .401 Winchester and ammo is nearly impossible to find. Reed's reloads theirs using necked-up 7.62x39 brass and it seemed to work fine. I notice they have .25-20 in stock, though whether they use correctly-headstamped brass or not is something you'd have to ask them directly as I have no experience with that particular offering of theirs. At any rate, it's another possible source for those of us out in tractor-land with old rifles that are difficult to find ammunition for, as they have a number of other calibers available as well.
25 20 at reeds ammo

RN · Dec 26, 2016

25-20 ammo is hard to find all right- but can be made since the 32-20 is loaded some and brass is available, simple enough to get a 60 grain lead bullet with flat hose and set it in case sized with proper dies. Some reloaders doing favors for the old crocks, once a year shooters will use mix and match of dies, etc. might use .250 Savage tooling on neck first. 25-20 and 25-35 reloading in manual say brass not available as such but can use 32-20 and 30-30 brass with about 95% useable, 5% waste on once fired brass, 99.5 on usable new brass and proper dies. .25 pistol bullet hollow point, half jacket one new load, best to use the cast lead 60 grain or a swaged 75 grain flat point. 2400 powder load of 10 grains? - been a long time since loaded the old cartridges or any new ones. BSA Martini Cadet .310-12-120 rifle can use the 32-20, what niece uses sometimes now. I paid $35.00 at auction many, many years back (add couple more 'many's) for the Kangaroo stamped little trainer. RN

Bret4207 · Dec 27, 2016

Just a little note FYI- no way is a 32-20 going to be able to be necked down in a 250 Sav die, it's too short. 25 cal pistol bullets are ..251 nominal diameter, not the .257 nominal the 25-20 needs.

Ragnarok · Dec 27, 2016

Buffalo Arms is a good source for obsolete ammunition and reloading supplies....

I bought a couple old Winchester M1892 .44-40's from a customer. One being a 24" octagon sporting rifle in decent condition...the other being a ruff and tuff saddle-ring carbine that has seen better days. I've spent a couple hundred dollars on little bits and pieces to get the carbine functional(Homestead firearms has lots of Winchester parts). Fun guns to shoot and plink with!

RN · Dec 27, 2016

That's why the 25-20 proper set is recommended-- but for the small batch for a demonstration done by someone asked to do 10 rounds, various bits and pieces of other dies can be used sort of. Might have been a neck sizer from a hand grip like early Lee set. I just provided some fired 32-20 brass to the project and it was a long time back.
One reason I put in the question marks. RN

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