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I have a feeling I will get blasted for this. I have been offered a purported winchester factory orginal model 92 in .357. Its not a recent repro. My gut feeling is someone has been bamboozled some where in the past. I ask this here because there is a wealth of knowledge at this sight and I respect most of the judgement calls here. seasons greetings to all. John Mc
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Bamboozled, yes. Hoodwinked, too. Sam
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They were not made in .357. It is a rebarrel or rebore on the gun.
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Conversion to 357 required considerably more than reboring(assuming Win. marks-no rebarrel).Bob Snapp did a lot of them, you could check for his mark. Mike
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There is a very informative article on this conversion in one of the very early issues of Rifle Magazine. It is indeed quite a little more work than just a rebore or rebarrel.
Edit: Rifle #31 Jan-Feb 1974 has the article.
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I had one in .38 to try for cowboy action, I never could get it to work. My local gunsmith wasted a lot of time trying also. CHAZ
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These were fine little guns in the 3 original chamberings. Why anyone would want to convert one to 357 is beyond me. Personally I believe do so ruined any collector value it would have had. Jim
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25-20 32-20 38-40 44-40 original caliber.
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Check out this short article http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winchester_Model_1892 They claim original calibers were .32-20, .38-40, .44-40, .25-20, .218 Bee. I am not a Winchester collector.... It also states the factory would custom chamber a gun. The 357 mag was introduced in 1934, about 11 years before the 92 was phased out. So it is possible. If it is a 100% factory, then it is a rare bird. You need to get the serial number, then contact the Cody Firearms Museum. Pete
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25-20 32-20 38-40 44-40 original caliber. They were originally chambered in 3 calibers 32-20, 38-40, and 44-40 The 25-20 chambering was added later. A FEW, very late examples were chambered in 218 Bee. Jim
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