As luck would have it, I was just given my great grandfather's Winchester Model 1892 25-20. I did some research and found that it was produced from 1892 through 1932 and based on the serial numbers, a little over a million of them were produced. The estimated last serial number produced was 1001324 in 1932 and serial numbers 1 - 23701 were produced in 1892.

I discovered that mine was produced sometime in early 1906. I was also given a Winchester X box of shells that contained 15 factory rounds. The nose is blunt due to the loading style of the rounds. You do not want a point nose resting on the primer of the next round in the magazine.

The thickoctagon barrel and small caliber round make the gun look like it would last forever and it is quite heavy.The lever action is still real smooth, but the firing pin does not always hold when itscocked. A little cleaning may resolve that issue.

I went by Sportsman's Warehouse and actually found some Winchester brass and they had one RCBS die set! I was totally amazed to see it on their shelves. I went to see if they had a box of factory rounds.

I also found some reloading information on some powder company web sites and some brass and loading measurement specs on some other sites. I am anxious to see how it shoots.

Would not hunt deer withsuch a lightround unless I planned to shoot them in the head from short range. Too much risk of just wounding and never finding a deer otherwise.

If anyone has any additional information on this caliber of gun, I would be real interested.

Thanks AZ Hunter