new Winchester Model 92s

[AkRay]

One of the local stores has 3 or 4 of the new Winchester 92s on the rack. They have 16" or so barrels, and a sliding safety on the tang. The guy told me they were chambered in 357 Magnum, 44 Magnum and 45 Colt. They were blued and the stocks were wood but looked pretty plain. A couple of them had large loop levers. I guess I haven't been paying close attention since I haven't heard anything about these coming out. Price on these was a little over a grand each. I looked, but didn't ask to touch since they were all locked up with a cable that went the length of the gun rack. They looked handy though.

[J Miller]

I don't know if they are current production or just very recent but they are made by Miroku in Japan to Browning's specs. According to all who have bought them they are very high quality products.

The only complaints are an occasional unit will have tolerance problems and be prone to light primer strike misfires.

Joe

[Grizzly Adams]

The New Winchester 92 is currently being produced. Saw several configurations at the Shot Show, including a neat little take down version. Excellent quality. Easily the Cadillac of 92s.

I have one of the short rifles, and really enjoy it. I have had no problems or complaints with mine. As Joe mentioned, they are made in Japan by Miroku, the same folks who built the Browning 92s.

[RIHMFIRE]

japchesters are nice quality guns but not worth over a grand....too me anyway
If it were me.....I would by an original

[deafrn]

I recently got a new Winchester 1892 Trapper in .357 just because it was set up at the factory in the configuration which I personally prefer (standard lever, shotgun buttplate and rifle forend). It is easily the nicest carbine of the type that I have purchased NIB in the last 25 years: the build quality is first-rate... which explains the MSRP.

[Griff]

...the build quality is first-rate... which explains the MSRP.

That and the license fee to Olin Corp. for the use of the Winchester name!

[deafrn]

...the build quality is first-rate... which explains the MSRP.

That and the license fee to Olin Corp. for the use of the Winchester name!

Well, maybe that too!

Part of my "day job" deals with "official product licensing" by a number of household (and "farm household") names; the latitude in requirements/royalties has narrowed a bit in the last few years but is still considerable. One of the inside jokes a few years back was that a certain big player was not a (product) manufacturer with a licensing department attached to it, but a licensing department with a (product) manufacturer attached to it.

(I no longer have to deal with that particular "licensing department with a (product) manufacturer," and everyone involved sleeps better at night for it.)

[Rusty]

Deafrn, that sounds like all the products I see that say John Deere on them.

[mod71alaska]

Do the new 92s have a rebounding hammer along with the tang safety?

Can you even have a tang safety without a rebounding hammer?

I honestly don't mind a tang safety, but I don't like a rebounding hammer so I don't have any rifles with one. I have a Browning 92, and it is a very fine rifle that is right.

[Malamute]

Yes, they have the rebounding hammer. It would be posible to modify the rebound, or install a Browning or Rossi hammer setup and notch it for the tang safety. Or you could take it off, and fill the slot with some filler you like (Ji did a nice fill on a 94) or cover it with a tang sight for a non-tang safety gun, thereby completly covering the slot. If you d&t for the front screw, it goes in the front of the safety slider slot.

[AkRay]

From past experience of having guns available to buy but passing on them when they were right in front of me on the dealer's shelf, I'm thinking that these lever actions will command top dollar 10-15 years from now. That's when today's price tag will seem very reasonable in comparison. While they do have a tang safety and rebounding hammer, I don't think that's as bad as the Clinton hole on Smith & Wesson revolvers. They also say Winchester and Model 92 on them so they will not only hold but increase in value.

[FatJackDurham]

Deafrn, that sounds like all the products I see that say John Deere on them.

John Deere makes a '92? Sign me up!