Question about an old Winchester

G.O. West · September 4, 2020, 09:29 PM

This Winchester 1894 followed me home today. Serial # 466XXX. It's a bit beat up but still quite shootable. Manufactured in 1907. I was intrigued by the short magazine. Is this style a rarity? The magazine cap looks like it has a flip out lever built into it. What is that for and how does it work?

dahermit · September 4, 2020, 10:20 PM

I had a Winchester 1892 in 25-20 that had that "flip-out lever", albeit mine had a full-length magazine. Try flipping the lever out, unscrew the magazine tube and try to turn the front of the receiver to 90 degrees. It may be a take-down model as mine was.

G.O. West · September 4, 2020, 11:08 PM

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dahermit

It's not a takedown. It has no extension on the receiver. Here are some close-up photos of the magazine cap. The little piece that looks like a lever does not seem to want to move although I have not really tried to force it too hard.

Bill DeShivs · September 4, 2020, 11:25 PM

It's not going to move with the cap beat up that badly.

Hawg · September 4, 2020, 11:29 PM

That notch in the top of the tube looks like it was a full length carbine mag at one time. The notch would be where the screw went through the front barrel band.

eastbank · September 5, 2020, 09:39 AM

not a collector as the work is not factory, why it was done is any one,s guess.

pwc · September 5, 2020, 10:06 AM

Flip out, turn 90-180°, poll out spring and follower?

Pathfinder45 · September 5, 2020, 11:20 AM

Aside from the magazine end-cap and the butt-plate , your rifle looks very similar to a solid- frame model 55. I like it.

FrankenMauser · September 5, 2020, 11:45 AM

Bubba repairs using some parts from a take-down.
Not rare. Not special. Not valuable.
But should be fun to shoot.

Scorch · September 6, 2020, 01:12 AM

Carbine barrel, rifle rear sight, half of the magazine missing. Hmmmmm. Looks like it was a ranch rifle that got repaired by backwoods gunsmiths. When I was in NV we used to get a lot of ranch rifles in that had somewhat odd features, like nails for band screws, home made sights, home carved wood, etc.

September 4, 2020, 09:29 PM	#1
G.O. West Member Join Date: January 4, 2018 Location: British Columbia Posts: 58	Question about an old Winchester This Winchester 1894 followed me home today. Serial # 466XXX. It's a bit beat up but still quite shootable. Manufactured in 1907. I was intrigued by the short magazine. Is this style a rarity? The magazine cap looks like it has a flip out lever built into it. What is that for and how does it work?

September 4, 2020, 11:25 PM	#4
Bill DeShivs Senior Member Join Date: April 7, 2006 Posts: 10,986	It's not going to move with the cap beat up that badly. __________________ Bill DeShivs, Master Cutler www.billdeshivs.com

September 5, 2020, 11:45 AM	#9
FrankenMauser Senior Member Join Date: August 25, 2008 Location: In the valley above the plain Posts: 13,424	Bubba repairs using some parts from a take-down. Not rare. Not special. Not valuable. But should be fun to shoot. __________________ Don't even try it. It's even worse than the internet would lead you to believe.

September 6, 2020, 01:12 AM	#10
Scorch Senior Member Join Date: February 13, 2006 Location: Washington state Posts: 15,248	Carbine barrel, rifle rear sight, half of the magazine missing. Hmmmmm. Looks like it was a ranch rifle that got repaired by backwoods gunsmiths. When I was in NV we used to get a lot of ranch rifles in that had somewhat odd features, like nails for band screws, home made sights, home carved wood, etc. __________________ Never try to educate someone who resists knowledge at all costs. But what do I know? Summit Arms Services

September 4, 2020, 10:20 PM	#2
dahermit Senior Member Join Date: October 28, 2006 Location: South Central Michigan...near Posts: 6,501	I had a Winchester 1892 in 25-20 that had that "flip-out lever", albeit mine had a full-length magazine. Try flipping the lever out, unscrew the magazine tube and try to turn the front of the receiver to 90 degrees. It may be a take-down model as mine was.

September 4, 2020, 11:29 PM	#5
Hawg Senior Member Join Date: September 8, 2007 Location: Mississippi Posts: 16,190	That notch in the top of the tube looks like it was a full length carbine mag at one time. The notch would be where the screw went through the front barrel band.

September 5, 2020, 09:39 AM	#6
eastbank Senior Member Join Date: February 7, 2008 Location: pa. Posts: 2,450	not a collector as the work is not factory, why it was done is any one,s guess.

September 5, 2020, 10:06 AM	#7
pwc Senior Member Join Date: March 21, 2018 Location: AZ Posts: 236	Flip out, turn 90-180°, poll out spring and follower?

September 5, 2020, 11:20 AM	#8
Pathfinder45 Senior Member Join Date: January 7, 2008 Posts: 3,224	Aside from the magazine end-cap and the butt-plate , your rifle looks very similar to a solid- frame model 55. I like it.