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1892 winchester 32WCF proper barrel length

buddy1buddy1 Member Posts: 51 ✭✭
edited March 2009 in Ask the Experts
I posted this question befor but probubly didn't give enough info.I would like to know the proper barrel lingth for a 1892 winchester 32WCF? I think it should be 24 inches but mine is 24 1/8 are these barrels produced in nominal lingths or on the money.
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Hello buddy1,

    Winchester's manufacturing specs for barrel length were 24 +/- 3/16 of an inch. I have found many Model 1885 barrels that are + 1/8-inch of the given length. It is my belief that the + length was intentionally built in to allow for headspacing at the breech end, and squaring the muzzle face. I used the Model 1885 as a basis because I am most familar with it, but I am positive that Winchester used the same practices on all of the various models and barrels back in the old days. So yes, the barrel lengths were "nominal" versus exact.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • buddy1buddy1 Member Posts: 51 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks for the comeback you guys are awsome.
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