![]() When asked by Winchester to design an improved lever action to compete with a recent Marlin offering, John Browning said he would have the prototype completed in under a month or it would be free. The Winchester Model 1892 was a lever-actionrepeating rifle designed by John Browning as a smaller, lighter version of his large-frame Model 1886, and which replaced the Model 1873 as the company's lever-action for pistol-caliber rounds such as the. ![]() This rifle has all of the early markings and knurlings Winchester collectors look for in an early Model 92. Only about 16% of Model 1892 production are legal antiques under Federal law and only 2% are first year production. Antique Pre-1898 serial number in the 16,000 range and was made in 1892.Winchesters manufactured after 1906 may only have SNA. Not all models and serial number ranges have SNAs available. The SNA ledgers start in the mid-1880s and continue into the 1940s. The Winchester Serial Number Application ledgers record the date serial numbers were applied to firearm components at the beginning of the manufacturing process.
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