The final cleanup of stock on hand was completed in 1941. Approximately 849,000 Model 1890 rifles were produced between 18, after which the Model 1890 was replaced by the Winchester Model 62 rifle. The Model 1890 proved to be the most successful repeating rimfire rifle for general all-around shooting ever made by Winchester. 22 rifle ever successfully developed and manufactured, being narrowly edged out by the small-frame Colt Lightning Carbine. Under this patent, Winchester created the second repeating slide action. On June 26, 1888, a patent for the new design was issued to John and Matthew Browning. In the late 1880s, the Winchester Repeating Arms Company asked John Browning to design a replacement for the Model 1873 rifle since the rimfire version of the Model 1873 had never achieved any great popularity. The Winchester Model 1890 is a slide-action repeating rifle produced by the Winchester Repeating Arms Company in the late 19th and early 20th century. So, if I sound a little harsh, it is for your own good.22 Short. It had a real nice selection of guns, mostly high grade. His name was Blaine Hutchinson and he and his family owned a nice liquor store in El Cajon, Calif. I had a great mentor when I started collecting. IMHO stands for “In my humble(or honest) opinion.ĭon’t get me wrong, I am not criticizing you, I am trying to get you started off in the right direction. Better to have a few real nice guns than a safe full of excuses. I buy what I can afford and never buy a gun I have to make excuses for. I try to be gentle with buyers of perspective junk. That’s why I like this forum cause of the constructive criticism. Big Larry that when you start out with having to defend and make excuses for the gun your already messing up. Ok, I’m learning, I thought something did not seem right with this rifle. I’m still learning and open to suggestions and advice. Just wondering if this is another diamond in the ruff that I can grab for really cheap but I need help on this one. Sometimes he doesn’t know what he has and I snag them up. The gun shop does not want very much at all for the gun but this is the shop that I have made some great buys. Did Winchester put extra holes in the top tang? I cannot find in my readings where this was done and does not look like Winchester did it. The hole in the top tang will just have to stay, it is threaded so probably for a tang. slips out of the receiver when racked, that is an easy fix. How to tell? I believe its nickel cause it does not have the look of grandma’s silver when it patina’s. I was reading in Schwing’s book and he was saying that Winchester did total nickels and total silver on some of these guns, both are rare, but how rare? He said lots of collectors will mistaken total silver guns for nickel guns.
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