Browning B92 Question

[haddon1]

Fellow levergunners, Anybody know the last year the Browning B92 in 44 mag were made? Need to know Thanks BOB

[Arminius]

I also would like to know, from when, until when, the .44 and the .357 variant were made, and the numbers, too!

Anybody knows?

Thanks, Hermann

[Terry Murbach]

ME TOO !!! I ALSO NEED TO KNOW THE STEEL ANALYSIS IN THE BARREL, THE ACTION, AND TO WHAT GRADIENT THEY ARE HARDENED. WERE THE BARRELS HAMMER FORGED OR WERE JUST THE CHEAP VERSIONS THAT WAY AND THE OTHERS WERE CUT RIFLED !!!

[1886]

Hermann, Welcome to the forum. Please forgive Mr. Murbach. He forgets himself from time to time. Do not let it discourage you. Your questions are perfectly reasonable. I do believe the B-92 .44 came along in 1978. Please do not take my word however. I remember a gun mag. article written on the 92 about that time. As for the .357 I can not say but I am sure you will receive a civil, intelligent response in short order. Regards. 1866.

[WinM71]

Here's the history I can find, taken from original Browning catalogs:

1st year: 1978 -.44 Mag. only. Stayed with just the one caliber through '81.

1st year of .357 & .44: 1982 Note: I don't have an '82 Browning catalog, but both calibers are in the '83 Gun Digest which would have come out in the late summer of '82. Both calibers are in the '83 catalog. Stayed with both calibers through '85.

1st year of .357 only: 1986. This was also the last year the '92 was offered, it is gone from the '87 catalog.

So it would appear that the .44 Mag. was offered from 1978 to 1985.

[Pete44ru]

1986 was the last year of B92 production.

During the run, besides standard .357's & .44 mags, 6,000 .44 mag Centennials were made in 1978, and I don't know how many B92 BCA Commemoratives to commemorate BCA's 3rd Anniversary.

The same action was later used to make 5,000 Model 65's in 2 grades
(3500 Gr-1 & 1500 Gr-2) in an 1989 production run, then 5,000 Model 53's in a 1990 run - both of which took until/were sold out by 1990's end.

[Old Savage]

WELCOME - INTERESTING QUESTION, THE KIND YOU MIGHT ASK IN A PLACE LIKE THIS.

[rjohns94]

Terry, did someone pee in your Wheaties today??? Kinda rough on the people with Levergun questions today.

[Arminius]

ME TOO !!! I ALSO NEED TO KNOW THE STEEL ANALYSIS IN THE BARREL, THE ACTION, AND TO WHAT GRADIENT THEY ARE HARDENED. WERE THE BARRELS HAMMER FORGED OR WERE JUST THE CHEAP VERSIONS THAT WAY AND THE OTHERS WERE CUT RIFLED !!!

Yes, you are correct, I had to HARD hold me back to ask all, I REALLY wanted to know!



Hermann

[Arminius]

Here's the history I can find, taken from original Browning catalogs:

1st year: 1978 -.44 Mag. only. Stayed with just the one caliber through '81.

1st year of .357 & .44: 1982 Note: I don't have an '82 Browning catalog, but both calibers are in the '83 Gun Digest which would have come out in the late summer of '82. Both calibers are in the '83 catalog. Stayed with both calibers through '85.

1st year of .357 only: 1986. This was also the last year the '92 was offered, it is gone from the '87 catalog.

So it would appear that the .44 Mag. was offered from 1978 to 1985.

THANKS!

Great info!

I´ll print and store that on disk!

Hermann

P.S.: did I say, I LOVE my 92? It´s nearly like NEW! At the most fired perhaps 50 times, NO single scratch anywhere! And I have a S & W M 29-6, 6", blue, with non MIM Parts in like new condition to accompany it!

I am willing to buy any 92 that turns up in my contry, in reasonable condition, at reasonable pricesas long as money permits!

P.P.S.: could it be, that CAS will "use up" collectible B 92´s?

[Windjammer]

I have a Unfired Centennial for sale if interested....
$650.00 + shipping

bmyers5229@bellsouth.net

[Windjammer]

Here's another picture of the B-92 Centennial

[Arminius]

That´s a beauty!

But how to get her from the US to the EU???

I presume it´s in .44?

Hermann

[Windjammer]

That´s a beauty!

But how to get her from the US to the EU???

I presume it´s in .44?

Hermann
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Yes, it is in .44

[Arminius]

I have one in .44.

In .357 it would team up nicely with my Bicentennial Python, 6" ,,,

H