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1892 SRC

longspur riderlongspur rider Member Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
edited March 2008 in Ask the Experts
Have an 1892 Win. SRC in 44-40, vintage is 1918. Probably 85-90%. I've owned it for about 12yrs & can't quit bring myself to fire it. I've had it loaded a couple of times but didn't pull the trigger. I've got a lot of 44-40 ammo & brass for my Vaquero & thought about getting a newer repro to shoot. Should I shoot the old Win.? Or keep it nice & buy a repro?
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  • Spider7115Spider7115 Member Posts: 29,704 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Buy a repro and take care of that old Winnie. If it's really in 85-90% original condition, you can buy a LOT of repro's with it!
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  • longspur riderlongspur rider Member Posts: 2,620 ✭✭✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    I'm probably modest on the condition, nearly all of the bluing is still there. Hardly any marks on the barrel or frame. The ladder rear sight has a small dab of rust, the wood has a couple of nicks.
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  • rufe-snowrufe-snow Member Posts: 18,650 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    "85-90%" means to me that it has been handled, used and fired in the past. Can't see how running some of the modern 44-40, "Cowboy/SASS" ammo could possibly affect either it's condition or value. It's not a one of the kind, NIB collectors item, at "85-90%", and never will be.

    Don't baby it, Winchester made it as a tool to be used. Not to be fondled as a collectors item. As long as your careful, and it's not in NIB condition, what difference does it make.
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  • PearywPearyw Member Posts: 3,699
    edited November -1
    I would be shooting it. I have a 92 in 32-20 that was made in 1920 and I shoot it a good bit. If you just shoot it, it should not effect the finish.
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  • Old-ColtsOld-Colts Member Posts: 22,697 ✭✭✭
    edited November -1
    Unless it appeared unused or unfired I would use it, but make sure you take good care of it. If you used it every day as a tool you would certainly cause wear, but occasional use isn't going to cause a problem in my opinion.

    I still use a Winchester Model 92 44-40 SRC of the same condition and vintage along with a 1902 Colt Single Action Army in matching 44-40 to deer hunt for a few days during the season. As long as you take good care of it you aren't going to hurt it or cause it to lose value.

    I still have a Model 1892 rifle in my collection that appears unused and unfired; that one I don't even work the lever on and I certainly wouldn't fire it!!!!

    If you can't feel the music; it's only pink noise!

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  • tsr1965tsr1965 Member Posts: 8,682 ✭✭
    edited November -1
    I have an 1892 in 38WCF, a 1895 vintage...I shoot it all the time. Infact, I just recently sold a Winchester repro 1892 Eruo Classic of which there was only 50 made...it was number 50. I shot it, but the original 1895 vintage, I like better. Don't let that old winchester die...breathe some life into it!
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