![]() Although it’s possible that I might be wrong in my conclusion that I have tied this 1890 to its previous owners, it’s fairly solid as I see it, and you have to admit it makes for a wonderful story concerning a young boy and his Winchester 1890! Man, I love this stuff! Junior passed on not long back, and not too long afterwards, I purchased the little Winchester from a party in Massachusetts. Senior served in WWI, and Junior in WWII. So, long story short, Junior and his father were patriots. The company manufactured products and catered to about 50,000 business houses, and one product was a shipping tag designed for anyone and everyone to attach to goods shipped by freight or express, so reads an article dated in March of 1921. Another clue had to do with the shipping tag on the canvas case which was manufactured by Dennison MFG, Co. In 1930 he was a bank broker, and his home was valued at $100,000.00 (during the Great Depression). His father was the manager of a motor service company, and he employed servants to care of the family and home. Finding a party by the same name through some minor genealogy work revealed that Junior was but four and one half years old in 1920, and that he lived with his family in a city in New York. The name was a bit unusual, and when coupled with other clues like him being a Junior, and a dude ranch by the exact same name, which was established in 1922, not being too far from Ennis, helped out a lot. This gun came with its canvas case marked with initials followed by Jr., along with a vintage shipping tag addressed to the same individual by name destined for a ranch in Ennis, MT. I’m probably still good with the old shotgun though! I don’t see well enough to shoot anymore, unless I wear my glasses, and even then I have to take a lot of time to draw a good bead on a target. It sounds as if you have a great deal of fun with your 1890(s). I’m of the belief that all three sights are original to the rifle, so thank you for the comments. The rear barrel sight is the 24A Sporting Rear Sight, Flat Top, with Elevator 1B, that came on Special Order with the Model 1890. Schwing’s book shows one scoped with an A5 that has the slot blank, with all of the rest in his book showing the front and rear barrel sights, plus the tang sight. Looking forward to pulling the trigger on this rifle and hearing it bark again.Thanks ohlode! I don’t recall seeing a slot blank in any of them right off hand, other than two or three that might well have been factory scoped. I wish whoever steel wooled it down had left it alone but that happened long before my friend acquired it. Hopefully I can resurrect this old shooter and save a nice piece of firearms history. I was able to track down original Winchester parts for the rifle, not reproductions, and also ordered some. Someone had replaced the grip screws with some brass screws so those had to go also. I tore it down and found it was missing the action slide cover and the hammer spring screw, prohibiting the hammer operating. Somewhere along the line somebody had steel wooled the whole thing to remove surface rust I suppose so that is not good for original condition. I researched the serial number and this rifle was made in 1902. He had gotten it from his father in law some time or another who had bought it from his brother for $12 because it wouldn't shoot. A friend of mine brought this Winchester Model 1890 out to me to see if I could do anything with it.
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