The fanciest levergun ever built? 56K warning

The fanciest levergun ever built? 56K warning

Warhawk [Team Member]

11/4/2011 11:06:01 AM

I saw a post about a lever gun with ivory furniture and it reminded me about some pics that I have. This is possibly the fanciest lever gun ever made.

The stock and fore end are real ivory.

It's a Winchester model 1892 saddle ring carbine in 44-40. I wish I knew the rest of the details on this rifle.

Bandit117 [Member]

11/4/2011 11:20:25 AM

In before the "no larue mount/ shoulder thing that goes up/ how do i suppress it/ no magpul" crowd.

I wonder how much that rifle cost new. Ivory was never really cheap. Not to mention gold (im assuming its real) inlay

P08 [Team Member]

11/4/2011 11:41:39 AM

The two headed eagle suggests it was made for a king, German or Russian maybe? Bet taht gun is worth a pretty penny now.

IronMedic [Team Member]

11/4/2011 11:51:52 AM

Home much does 44-40 cost???

Nozzleman [Team Member]

11/4/2011 12:06:13 PM

Originally Posted By IronMedic:
Home much does 44-40 cost???

Reminds me of when the modern Duesenberg auto was introduced a few years ago. Someone asked what the gas mileage was? The answer was : If you are concerned about the gas mileage, you probably couldn't afford the car anyway.

dfariswheel [Member]

11/4/2011 2:31:14 PM

The fanciest lever rifle I ever saw was a Winchester Model 66 made as I recall for President Grant.
The receiver was made from a solid block of California silver instead of the standard brass.
It was profusely engraved by the top engraver of the time who did work for most of the gun companies.

Another ivory stocked Winchester was made for the president of Mexico. The stock has developed cracks from age. It too was heavily engraved by the same engraver with Mexican eagle emblems.

Winchester built an extremely ornate 1894 rifle with the one million serial number.
Marlin did a fine engraved Model 39-A with the 1,000,000 serial number. It was on the cover of the American Rifleman.

CREPR [Team Member]

11/4/2011 9:09:08 PM

Quite the amazing piece of form meets function and just plain interesting all over.

uglygun [Member]

11/4/2011 9:32:42 PM

Am I the only one who thinks that it would actually look better with some kind of rare wood?

Never liked Ivory, I've seen the real stuff and just not impressed.

Now if they were to work something like jade rock. That could prove extremely interesting.

streetstar [Member]

11/5/2011 8:46:29 PM

Very nice

NoHarmNoFAL [Team Member]

11/5/2011 8:48:52 PM

Yet they let it rust.

AeroE [Moderator]

11/6/2011 10:59:43 PM

There's one made for the President of Mexico that is heavily carved and more ornate. I can't find a photo on line.

COSteve [Team Member]

11/8/2011 11:31:30 AM

This one may give a run for it's money!