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I was at my local fun shop tonight and they had a pair of the Japanese made Winchester 1892 "Limited" Deluxe Take down rifles in 45 Colt. One was the 24-inch (I understand only 250 of them were made) and the other was the 16-inch trapper (no idea how many of them were made). I understand from the shop as well as some internet searches these are made in Japan by Miroku who makes many of the Browning firearms and the workmanship was really nice on the two I handled!
I already have a 16-inch trapper that I plan to hunt with so I commented that I wished they had the 20-inch version (there were 500 of those made). Well, the guy at the shop pointed out that Davidson's has them in stock and on sale ENDING TONIGHT so I rushed home and managed to order one. It works out that the cost to my dealer was $990 so certainly not a cheap gun but the suggested retail on these was $1874.95 and from the two I looked at tonight these are really, really nice guns!
I decided on the drive home I will keep my 94AE as a deer gun and this 92 will end up being a fair weather gun (if I can will myself to shoot it) that will likely never see the brush I hunt in but given it has been about 77 years since Winchester made these I figure this one may well be a good investment in the years to come.
Anyways, if anybody else is interested Davidson's has 99 (which means 99 or more) of these in stock and on sale today (they may put them on sale again however - who knows). You can see them here:
http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/default.aspx?item=534154141
I probably will have mine next Saturday based on how quick the last gun I got through Davidson's showed up so I will post pics then.
EDIT - Older announcement about this line:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/16/winchester-1892-takedown-rifle-makes-a-comeback/
I already have a 16-inch trapper that I plan to hunt with so I commented that I wished they had the 20-inch version (there were 500 of those made). Well, the guy at the shop pointed out that Davidson's has them in stock and on sale ENDING TONIGHT so I rushed home and managed to order one. It works out that the cost to my dealer was $990 so certainly not a cheap gun but the suggested retail on these was $1874.95 and from the two I looked at tonight these are really, really nice guns!
I decided on the drive home I will keep my 94AE as a deer gun and this 92 will end up being a fair weather gun (if I can will myself to shoot it) that will likely never see the brush I hunt in but given it has been about 77 years since Winchester made these I figure this one may well be a good investment in the years to come.
Anyways, if anybody else is interested Davidson's has 99 (which means 99 or more) of these in stock and on sale today (they may put them on sale again however - who knows). You can see them here:
http://www.galleryofguns.com/genie/default.aspx?item=534154141
I probably will have mine next Saturday based on how quick the last gun I got through Davidson's showed up so I will post pics then.
EDIT - Older announcement about this line:
http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2009/07/16/winchester-1892-takedown-rifle-makes-a-comeback/