browning b92 44 mag
- Thread starter norland
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- Location
- Southern Vancouver Island
The Miroku made Browning B92 was a very well made rifle (1978-1987) and came as a 20" barrel carbine with a 1 in 38" twist in the 44 mag chambering. They made 'em in 357 mag as well. Pity they didn't make a few 16" trapper carbines & 24" sporting rifle variants of these. The B92's had no lawyer safeties or warning scripts on the barrels. Folks can expect premium prices for B92's in very good condition.
They don't handle soft lead bullets that well. Too fine a rifling... I shot one for a few years in cowboy action shooting and it never missed a beat... Light loaded 240 grain lead and cleaned the lead out with a Lewis Lead Remover after a match...
There was a Browning 1878-1978 Centennial version of this rifle made. Interesting I don't believe Browning ever made a High Grade fully engraved fancy stioocked version of this rifle. Browning made replicas during that time for Model 71(rifle &carbine, standard and high grade). Model 53 ( standard and high grade), MODEL 86, (RIFLE &CARBINE STANDARD AND IN CARBINE AT LEAST HIGH GRADE, also a high grade-like Montana Centennial; Model, ), sorry about the caps.Model 65 (standard and high grade) and 1895 (standard and high grade.
Having 1 of each would be one helluva collection.
Having 1 of each would be one helluva collection.
Had one of the 1878-1978 centennial models.Believe there were 600 of those manufactured.The Centennial model came first and I believe the regular production rifle came about because of the high interest in the Centennial model.Browning wanting to capitalize on the interest in the Centennial model.There must of been a fair bit of interest in the rifle ,as Browning later added the 357 to go with the 44 already in production.
David Henry
CGN Regular
- Location
- West of the big road
Bought one in the early 1980's OMG if that little carbine could talk. It's been with me every where and not looking like she was when purchased. A precious piece of kit in my eyes. D.H.
- Location
- Ottawa, ON
It also came in .218 Bee if I recall correctly
Nope, it was Browning 65 , 218Bee.Browning 53, 32-20. Have both with added tang sites. fun toys, especially the Browning 65. Shooting 218Bee is like eating peanuts, hard to stop!Bit tricky reloading if you have ###L fingers though
end of story it was a fake browning barrel on some other make returned to seller full refund . So always check serial number
I special ordered one of the first Centennial models and was really excited when it came, it was to be a mate for my Ruger Super Blackhawk. Well it turned out to be the most inaccurate rifle I ever owned. Looked great, handled great, wouldn't shoot worth a sh!t. After trying every brand of factory ammo I could find and 500+ rounds of numerous reloads it was keyholing with everything and groups at 100 yd if you could call them that were measured in feet. One day I picked up an undamaged fired bullet from the snow behind the target and the light went on. Very very shallow rifling marks and none at all on one side of the bullet! My dealer sent it back to Browning in Montreal, they had it for six montha and sent it back with a letter and a test target. The letter explained that they had tested it on their 25 yard indoor range and it met their standard for this calibre. The lone target showed a three shot group loosely measuring 6" and two out of the three were starting to keyhole. I sold it with full disclosure cheap to a friend who thought he could make it smarten up. He couldn't and it moved on. That gun is still out there somewhere.
I had two browning 92s in 44mag,one a standard model I regret selling as it was crazy accurate which I shot a 10 point buck with.The other a centennial model which wasn’t t as accurate the standard model but was still a good gun
How to distinguish the “centennial”? Does it have some engraving on the receiver? My B92 44mag doesn’t have any engravings so I suppose ir is the standard model. Not too crazy about the super smooth varnish finished furniture. I prefer the oiled style finish on the Miroku Winchesters.
possible that "centenials" were done with a different barrel and then later improved? Mine is early 80s but I need to double check. I didn't have the chance to shoot it yet as my range is closed since pretty much early 2020. When it was open briefly as covid case load decreased, directors decided to renovate and then it was closed again for another covid wave.
