Winchester 1892 44-40 "take down modell"

[Hungry Wallace]

Hi to you all.

Im new here in this forum.

And im from sweden and sorry 4 my bad english. But hope that you can understand me anyway.

I have a original 1892 in a modell i never have seen before.
It´s a take down modell in caliber 44-40. And to the licens number () it´s made
late 1894.

Where can i find out how much this rifle is worth, and if i made a god deal???

Regards / Hungry Wallace CAS shooter in sweden.

[Old Top]

Hungry Wallace,

Taylors is offering a 92 take down model for around 850.  I have one and it has been working quite nicely.

Old Top

[Hungry Wallace]

Old Top.

Thanks.

Then it almost the same that i gave for it.

Hungry Wallace

[Hill Beachy]

Hungry Wallace:

If I understand your question correctly, your rifle is an original, manufactured in 1894, NOT a reproduction.  Of course, much depends on the condition of the rifle, but if it's in Very Good or better condition, I'd guess that it is worth double what the reproductions are listing for; and much more than that in Excellent condition.  You might want to look at one of the big gun auction websites and compare similar rifles to yours, in order to get a better idea of its value.  Some suggestions for websites to check might include:

www.gunsamerica.com         www.antiqueguns.com

www.auctionarms.com          www.a-gun.com

HB

[Mustang Gregg]

Hungry W:

I saw an original Winchester .44WCF M-1892 24" takedown recently that was maybe 50% blued & the wood was only fair for $2000 USD.  It sold very quickly!

And don't apologize for your English.  You do better than me & it's my only language, Pard.

Mustang Gregg

[Hungry Wallace]

Hill Beachy / Mustang Gregg.

Thanks for your wise words.

The rifle is an original and made late 1894 what we could find out to the licensnumber. It´s NOT a reproduction.
The rifle have it´s spotts (dont know the corect word) but if i guess it have almost 90-95 % of that black / brown stuff i dont know the word of in english 
And someone has made the stock a bit longer....

I use in CAS shooting but not that much. I prefere my 1873 Uberti Rifle in cal. 38 witch cut of the barrel to 20"

I will check out this sites...... Thanks

Regards / H-W

[Mustang Gregg]

Hungry W:
If you get tired of it...I'll gladly buy it from you.   
Now how would we ever get that done though?
I really like the M-1892's.  I reckon it's a John Wayne wanna-be thing for me.   
Mustang Gregg

[Hungry Wallace]

Mustang Gregg....

Dont`t know what a "John Wayne wanna-be thing" is for you........

But for me........ I dont shoot so fast whit it....... I prefere my 1873 in 38 sp. Uberti whit a 20" barrel.   
But i`l keep it anyway....... Someday i can do some profit ?? on it......

I`l keep it just becouse it´s an original..... In never seen a modell like this before.... In origninal....... or in a reprouduction......

So i`l think i`l keep it for a while.............

Regards / Hungry Wallace

[Steel Horse Bailey]

Greetings, Hungry Wallace!

Your English is FINE. 

By ALL MEANS, keep that jewel of a rifle.  Treasure it and keep it for your children or grandchildren.  They will love you for it!  If I were you, I would consider getting the correct length stock to put it back to the original length.  It is the same as money in the bank!

Welcome to CAS City!

Your friend, (although we've never met  )

Jeff  "Steel Horse Bailey"

[Hungry Wallace]

Nice to here your words, Steel Horse Bailey.

Yes. I´ll keep the rifle.
Im looking for a new stock, but dont know where to find one.

Just bought myseelf a new 12 gage shotgun. Boito 1887......    Love to use it....
its not a 2 drop becouse all of those are gone to the West (us)     
But ill fix that myseelf instead......

I was in and tooke a look at your photos....... You seems to have a reel nice family......
If its ok with you i copyd some photos...... From the "humor" arcive. Got myseelf a good lafe 

Would have been nice too shot a stage or 2 whit you folks......
Maybe ill have the time and money to come over to the "west" some time....

See Ya

Regards

Wallace  "the hungry one"   

[Curley Cole]

HW,

Sorry my pard Old Top misunderstood you. He has the Taylors Reproduction. Our pard Cole Harbour has an original as you have. His is in 32/20. He got pistols to go with it.

You might check Dixie Gun Works for a stock for your gun. They have lots of replacement parts.

http://dixiegunworks.com

If you are interested you can look at my web page. Under "just for fun", I have some cowboy pix. I do a bit of photography for fun, and a few dollars here and there..

http://sdough.smugmug.com

good shootin....

Curley

[Chance]

Hi, Hungry Wallace
If you have dealers in Sweden who sell the Armi Sport rifle (same as Taylors) you should be able to get a stock from them. Also the Rossi stock might fit. Rossi rifles are easily available in Germany. If you have any difficulty let me know as I may be able to get one for you and ship it from the UK.
Where are you in Sweden? We have some friends in Trelleborg. Four years ago we visited High Chaparral and enjoyed it. Maybe we'll come back someday.

Regards

Chance

[Cuts Crooked]

Wallace,

Yer english is better than some of us who use it daily!  Don't worry about that!

Seems like I recall Brownells had stocks for original 92s at one time. Might do a web search for Brownells and see what you can find there.

John WAYNE!?!?!?!   Not bein' American I guess you can be forgiven! He was the greatest Hollywood Cowboy to ever grace the Silver Screen! He nearly always protrayed the epitome of what Cowboy legands should be. (Do another web search for John Wayne, you'll be entertained if nothing else! ) In fact one of the best movies he ever did was "The Shootist" in which he portrayed an aging gunfighter who was dying of cancer...and John was actually dying of cancer when he made the movie! Now that's a tuff Cowboy!

[Hungry Wallace]

I´ll thank you all for the help you been giving me.

Chance..... I´ll visit High Chaparral every year att july 4. Theres a lots of contents ther then. Fast draw and stuff.
I´ll live about 150 km up north from Trelleborg. A town caled Karlstad.

I made a BIG misstake in my last post.   Its not a Boito 1887........ Its a Norinco in 1887 
I´m waithing for a Boito Coachgun.......

See Ya

Hungry Wallace