Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
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Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
A couple weeks back, I acquired a well-used, but nice-looking Winchester 1892 44-40 made in 1913. This past week I got to the range to try it out. I don't have a tang peep sight for it yet, so I had a hard time seeing the sights, but I am very pleased with its accuracy even when half blind. My first 5 shots were at 50 yards just to see where it hit. They all went into 1 & 3/8" with three shots making a single ragged hole. I then set up a target at 100 yards and got a 5-shot group of 2 & 3/4" even though I was shooting with very blurry sights due to no tang sight. Imagine what it will do if I can see the sights!! Here is a photo of my 'new', well-used 44-40 and my 100 yards target.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Nothing more fun than a gun that LOOKS good, SHOOTS good, and has some HISTORY....
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
That looks like a great find Kirk, I'm sure you will add some interesting stories to that rifles history.......
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Very nice!
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Nice rifle and you must see ok, because that's fine shooting with open sights
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
That's a dandy Kirk!! wish my eyes were that good as I just came in from some very
bad shooting on my part
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bad shooting on my part
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
By gum Kirk that is a beauty, grats and thanks for showing it.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Kirk that is a very fine honest rifle. I like it! Looks like some one liked it enough to use it and take care of it also. Looking forward to hearing more about it in the future.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Whoa! Very fine look'n Winchester.
How the heck do you come by all these beauties?
How the heck do you come by all these beauties?
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
well that is a real beauty....very nice find for sure...well done
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
You done real good again Kirk. I have always said that the lines of an 1892 24 inch rifle is just really the finest looking rifle made.
Kirk looks like you need to send in a target for the monthly match with that one.
Kirk looks like you need to send in a target for the monthly match with that one.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
That is a very nice looking rifle, Kirk. And your eyes must be better than you think they are: that is outstanding for open sights, for an old geezer!
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
That's a very nice rifle, Kirk! Thanks for the post. You're handling the aging eyes thing better than me!
Have you hugged your rifle today?
Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
nice levergun, as always...nice group for being 1/2-blind.. :)
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Nice one Kirk.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Thanks, men, and I'm glad you enjoyed the '92 and what it can do.
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cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
Blog: https://www.kirkdurston.com/
cedars and a magnificent Whitetail buck framed in the semi-buckhorn sights of a 120-year old Winchester.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
WOW! What a great find, a round barreled 1892 RIFLE! KirkD, you ain't all THAT blind! All it takes is putting that blurry "V" thing, evenly spaced around that blurry "post" thing, and it up against that blurry "round" thing, and pulling the trigger before it all gets out of whack! THAT takes SKILLS!
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Beautiful rifle. Thanks for sharing.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Ji in Hawaii wrote:"Thou shall not covet the rifle of thy neighbor"
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
I'd hang on to that one......44's are not noted for the accuracy that 38's are. Sure looks like a "clean" rifle......used with care during its life......these rifles are sometimes not as used as you think they are......people back in the day did not have the bucks to blast away like we do....they hunted to survive and when reaching the cabin at the end of the day, it was wiped down and the cartridges counted.
Nice snag Kirk----6
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Well loved is what it looks like to me.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Looks like a fine 1892! Most of the wear appears to be typical carry wear on the receiver, and the gun looks like it's owner took good care to not beat it up.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
What a beauty.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Very nice rifle Kirk. Looks to make a nice deer-getter in the fall. Well done !
Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
KirkD wrote:
I acquired a well-used, but nice-looking Winchester 1892 44-40 made in 1913.
What a beauty - You surely are the master of the understatement, Kirk !
"Nice-looking", indeed..........
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
A fine example of the 1892. Well used, pah!
Great shooting Kirk!
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Great shooting Kirk!
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Wow. Congratulations! Enjoy that beauty.
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Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Nice rifle, and Dang nice shooting! ,,,DT
Re: Got a 'new' well-used Winchester 1892 44-40 (photos)
Beautiful gun and nice shooting!
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