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Just picked up an old winchester model 92 in 25-20 for small game, pests and varmints.  Only factory load is an 86 grain bullet at about 1400fps.

 

A great and fun gun to shoot!

 

But it has an interesting thing.  3 drilled and tapped holes on each side of the receiver forming a triangle.  Can't figure out what they could have been for.  The triangles are also not symetrical side-to-side.

 

Any thoughts?

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Congrats.. If the holes are near the back of the receiver, then I would guess that at one time, there was some kind of peep or target sight on the rifle.,

 

Any trouble finding ammo for it???

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No trouble finding ammo for it.  In fact, the gun shop I bought it from had got in two boxes to sell with the gun and even gave me a deal on them.

 

The funny thing is people are trying to sell 50 round boxes of the 86gr rem. ammo on line for anywhere from $80-150 for a box of 50 when my dealer can simple order it from his supplier and charge me $60 a box.

 

Guess some people don't know that factories still produce "obsolete" ammo and most wholesale suppliers are happy to get the stuff out of their warehouses!

 

Now about those triangular holes, are there any oldtimers who may have seen such a set up at a fair or circus?  I'm starting to wonder if it might have been used as a "gallery gun".

 

P.s., I also got dies to reload.  The 86grain jacketd bullets are available as are 60 grain jacket.  The seemingly preferred 75grains jacketed less so.  But there are many sellers of lead/gas checked 75 grains bullets.  

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