Featured in this lot is an unusual Winchester 1892 octagon barrel rifle in .25-20 caliber. This rifle has a serial number of 375941 and was made in 1907. This example has the almost never encountered ¾ length magazine. When magazines were not the standard full length, they were occasionally order with ½ or “button” magazines that ended slightly ahead of the fore end. The ¾” length is a true Winchester rarity for any model. This example has the standard 24” octagon barrel that is fitted with a Marble buckhorn rear sight, complete with elevator bar and a Marble small blade/bead front sight. The barrel markings showing the Winchester address etc. are all sharp and clear. The barrel blue is fine and shows light edge wear, while the magazine tube and fore end cap display fine deep blue. The right side of the bright blue receiver of this special order Winchester was once fitted with a Lyman receiver sight that could probably be replaced. The upper tang has the correct Winchester 1892 markings. The 1892 Winchester was Jonathan Browning’s answer to an updated repeating lever action rifle built to handle shorter cartridges. It was Winchesters replacement to the older Model 1873. Basically a scaled down version of the powerfully built big Model 1886, the 1892 was so successful that many are still in use today. Early production examples with special order non-standard features are seldom seen. This is a very attractive 114 year old example of one of Winchester’s most popular and successful lever action models. Serial Number: 375941. This firearm qualifies as a Curio & Relic firearm and requires FFL Transfer or NICS Background Check.