Winchester 1890

[jules203]

My Aunt's uncle passed away recently and they were cleaning out his house and came across this:

The serial # is 614159, its in bad shape, lots of rust but works, wanted to know if it's worth anything if I fix it up.

Thanks

 

[destructo_d]

Whether it's worth big $$$$ not, that is a cool piece of history!!! I know I'd hang onto something that old....

Thanks for sharing

 

[destructo_d]

http://aaa-webs.com/homesteadfirearms/appraisals/1890/1890-3models.htm

here is a link to help you more acuratly to find out about your 1890... I can't really tell by the pic... that and I am no expert.. lol

 

[41 Colt]

Caliber? They came in .22 Short, .22 Long & .22 Long Rifle each, the later model 1906 cycled and shot all three.

 

[rimfireplinker]

By looking at the pics you provided , I can see that it has the takedown screw and the later style exposed locking bolt . This makes it a third model 1890 . Your serial # provided indicates that it was manufactured in 1919 . Great find ! How's the bore look ? Is it a .22 short , long , LR or .22 WRF ? I've got five of these little beauties and they are a simple but very high quality rifle . A blast to shoot [ I usually use a standard velocity round or a sub-sonic depending on the shape of the rifle ] . Hope this helps .

 

[jules203]

Awesome, thanks everyone for the info I think I'll clean it up a bit and hold on to it.

Thanks again

 

[jules203]

Caliber? They came in .22 Short, .22 Long & .22 Long Rifle each, the later model 1906 cycled and shot all three.

Its a .22 long not sure if it fires all three but I will try it out

 

[rimfireplinker]

The 1890 was made with a carrier specific to the round it was chambered for [i.e : the long carrier will not work properly with the .22 short or LR] If someone had happened to put in a carrier out of a 1906 [ common mod ] , then you could shoot both the .22 short and the .22 long out of your rifle but not the .22 LR as it is slightly longer than the .22 Long . Hope this helps .