Hollywood studios purchased the '92 in quantity because it was in regular production (until World War II) but looked sufficiently like Old West Winchesters to substitute for valuable antiques, and because in calibers. Other notable screen 92s were those of Chuck Connors in The Rifleman TV series, and Steve McQueen's " Mare's Leg" in Wanted: Dead or Alive. John Wayne famously carried Model 92s in dozens of films and owned several personally, some with the distinctive oversized "loop" lever.
John Wayne aims a Model 92 carbine in The Searchers (1956).Īlthough the Model 1892 made its debut after the closing of the American frontier, and the true "Guns that Won the West" were the earlier Models 18, nonetheless the '92 became an indelible icon of Western mythology through its use in hundreds of motion pictures and television shows, standing in for its older siblings. Despite being designed for smaller cartridges, the 1892's dual forward locking-block action is actually stronger than Browning's rear-locked Model 1894. In its modern form, using updated materials and production techniques, the Model 1892's action is strong enough to chamber high pressure handgun rounds, such as. Peary carried an 1892 on his trips to the North Pole., and Secretary of War Patrick Hurley was presented with the one millionth rifle on December 13, 1932.ġ,007,608 Model 1892 rifles were made by Winchester, and although the company phased them out by 1945, they are still being made under the Puma label by the Brazilian arms maker, Rossi, by Chiappa Firearms, an Italian factory, and by Browning in Japan.
The Winchester Models 53 (1924) and 65 (1933) were relabeled Model 1892's. 44-40 Winchester centerfire rounds, followed in 1895 by the new. Calibers for the rifle vary and some are custom-chambered. Within 2 weeks later, Browning had a functioning prototype of the 92.
When asked by Winchester to design an improved pistol caliber lever action, John Browning said he would have the prototype completed in under a month or it would be free.
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