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38-40 Winchester Help

Kar_lKar_l Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
edited March 2013 in Ask the Experts
Trying to get info. for a buddy. what does he have and what would aprox. value be. ser. no.#20894.[img][/img]
http://s1352.beta.photobucket.com/user/Kar_l/media/38-402_zps5e5a6710.jpg.html?#/user/Kar_l/media/38-401_zpscf041a4f.jpg.html?&_suid=136292214393708225576715373466
Thanks for any help,Karl ps sorry only pics. I have,hope I posted correctly.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    38-401_zpscf041a4f.jpg
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  • perry shooterperry shooter Member Posts: 17,105 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    You most likely have a Winchester model 92 .with was once a broken butt stock patched up with most likely a wood screw. Sort of like used cars We need many more pictures and important things like what is the bore like we need to know if action works. Sort of like Engine and Transmission.in a used car. With information at hand $200.00-$800.00
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  • 62fuelie62fuelie Member Posts: 1,069 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    The receiver is a Model 1892 and the serial number puts it early in the production run. Bert H. will be your best source for details. It looks to have been well used, by the lack of finish on the receiver (they were very easy to carry with your hand wrapped around the receiver). More photos would be needed for any sort of a meaningful estimate of value. The .38-40 brings a slight premium according to the Blue Book.

    No extra pictures showed up on mine. The cross screw is not standard on any '92 I have seen.
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  • Kar_lKar_l Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    My last post should have 3 pics. if you place the cursor over it. does that show up on the forum? The bore is clean and shiny,lever action is smooth, and there is no crack in the stock. Karl
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  • charliemeyer007charliemeyer007 Member Posts: 6,572 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That big slotted head screw in the butt stock doesn't look factory to me. Have you looked on the auction side?

    http://www.GunBroker.com/All/BI.aspx?Keywords=winchester+92
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  • Bert H.Bert H. Member Posts: 11,281 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    That big slotted screw was used to fix a crack in the butt stock wrist.

    Additionally, the stocks have been sanded, refinished, and are noticeably undersized. The receiver frame has 0% of the factory original bluing left on it.

    The value is $800 - $1000, and only that high because it is a bona fide "Antique" per federal regulations.

    WACA Historian & Life Member

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  • Kar_lKar_l Member Posts: 60 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    Thanks one and all for your replys
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