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Dad has been dealing with some major medical issues for the last four months, his shooting days are behind him, so he's given me his gun collection, with explicit instructions to enjoy them and put them to good use....
I keep telling him that his shooting days are *not* over, and once he gets back on his feet, I'll get him on my backyard range for some plinking with my .22's....
Anyway, one of the guns in his (now my) collection is an original Winchester 1892 "plantation gun" in 44-40, from what Dad told me, there were '92's that had a second serial number stamped on the left side of the receiver and on the barrel (E363E on this one) to indicate that they were property of a plantation
Dad bought it used, and it was his deer rifle, it looks like it had seen very little use in it's life though, the walnut furniture has gorgeous character and grain, the checkering is strong, the bluing is deep and rich, the action is buttery smooth, the trigger nice and crisp, the only real "flaws" I can see on it are the plantation serial number stamps, and a bit of patina on the cartridge lifter, otherwise, it's in great shape
I found a couple of pages where I can check serial numbers for age, and they all agree, this '92 was built in 1906! It's 107 years old! The oldest gun in my collection, and seems just as solid as the day it came off the assembly line, it's a legitimate piece of history, nice gun
I'm assuming then that I'd best stick to "cowboy" level loads in this gun, it's lasted 107 years so far, don't want to shoot it loose with hot loads, or suffer catastrophic failure with it, looks like it'll be Trail Boss hand loads for this one.... Then again, I do loves me some trail boss powder anyway....
I keep telling him that his shooting days are *not* over, and once he gets back on his feet, I'll get him on my backyard range for some plinking with my .22's....
Anyway, one of the guns in his (now my) collection is an original Winchester 1892 "plantation gun" in 44-40, from what Dad told me, there were '92's that had a second serial number stamped on the left side of the receiver and on the barrel (E363E on this one) to indicate that they were property of a plantation
Dad bought it used, and it was his deer rifle, it looks like it had seen very little use in it's life though, the walnut furniture has gorgeous character and grain, the checkering is strong, the bluing is deep and rich, the action is buttery smooth, the trigger nice and crisp, the only real "flaws" I can see on it are the plantation serial number stamps, and a bit of patina on the cartridge lifter, otherwise, it's in great shape
I found a couple of pages where I can check serial numbers for age, and they all agree, this '92 was built in 1906! It's 107 years old! The oldest gun in my collection, and seems just as solid as the day it came off the assembly line, it's a legitimate piece of history, nice gun
I'm assuming then that I'd best stick to "cowboy" level loads in this gun, it's lasted 107 years so far, don't want to shoot it loose with hot loads, or suffer catastrophic failure with it, looks like it'll be Trail Boss hand loads for this one.... Then again, I do loves me some trail boss powder anyway....
